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Windy, West Virginia

Coordinates: 39°1′41″N 81°31′41″W / 39.02806°N 81.52806°W / 39.02806; -81.52806
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Windy
Unincorporated community
Windy is located in West Virginia
Windy
Windy
Location within the state of West Virginia
Windy is located in the United States
Windy
Windy
Windy (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°1′41″N 81°31′41″W / 39.02806°N 81.52806°W / 39.02806; -81.52806
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyWirt
Elevation
1,099 ft (335 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code304
GNIS feature ID1556005[1]

Windy is an unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.

The community most likely was so named on account of frequent windy conditions at the town site.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Windy". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 685.


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