Cyclone, West Virginia
Appearance
Cyclone | |
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Coordinates: 37°43′58″N 81°41′19″W / 37.73278°N 81.68861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Wyoming |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 24827 |
Area code(s) | 304 & 681 |
Cyclone is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Huff Creek and West Virginia Route 10.[1]
The community was named for the fact a tornado or cyclone struck the area in the 1880s.[2][3]
References
- ^ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 58. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
- ^ 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. 197.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 30.