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Pliny, West Virginia

Pliny
Pliny is located in West Virginia
Pliny
Pliny
Location within the state of West Virginia
Pliny is located in the United States
Pliny
Pliny
Pliny (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°37′13″N 81°59′14″W / 38.62028°N 81.98722°W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMason
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
25082
GNIS feature ID1545053[1]

Pliny is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.[1] It was named for M. Pliny Brown, an early settler.[2] The ZIP code is 25158.

Located near Pliny is Maplewood, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[3]

Notable people

  • Virginia Mae Brown,[4] set many "first woman" records

References

  1. ^ a b "Pliny". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  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. 494.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. ^ "Certificate of Birth". West Virginia Division of Culture and History. West Virginia Vital Statictics. December 10, 1923. Retrieved 7 December 2013.


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