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Queen Shoals, West Virginia

Coordinates: 38°28′16″N 81°16′59″W / 38.47111°N 81.28306°W / 38.47111; -81.28306
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Queen Shoals, West Virginia
Queen Shoals is located in West Virginia
Queen Shoals
Queen Shoals
Location within the state of West Virginia
Queen Shoals is located in the United States
Queen Shoals
Queen Shoals
Queen Shoals (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°28′16″N 81°16′59″W / 38.47111°N 81.28306°W / 38.47111; -81.28306
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyClay
Elevation
646 ft (197 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1545336[1]

Queen Shoals is an unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office [2] has been closed.

The community was named after nearby Queen Shoal Creek.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Queen Shoals, West Virginia
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Queen Shoals, West Virginia
  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. 514.