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Blue Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°49′30″N 80°38′10″W / 37.82500°N 80.63611°W / 37.82500; -80.63611
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Blue Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Blue Sulphur Springs is located in West Virginia
Blue Sulphur Springs
Blue Sulphur Springs
Blue Sulphur Springs is located in the United States
Blue Sulphur Springs
Blue Sulphur Springs
Coordinates: 37°49′30″N 80°38′10″W / 37.82500°N 80.63611°W / 37.82500; -80.63611
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyGreenbrier
Elevation
1,654 ft (504 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1549600[1]

Blue Sulphur Springs is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Blue Sulphur Springs is north of Alderson. It is named for a mineral spring near the original town site, distinguishing it from the larger and better-known White Sulphur Springs in the same county.[2] It was the site of the Blue Sulphur Springs Resort, of which only the pavilion remains.

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  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  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. 121.