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Sias, West Virginia

Coordinates: 38°11′05″N 82°05′14″W / 38.18472°N 82.08722°W / 38.18472; -82.08722
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Sias, West Virginia
Sias is located in West Virginia
Sias
Sias
Sias is located in the United States
Sias
Sias
Coordinates: 38°11′05″N 82°05′14″W / 38.18472°N 82.08722°W / 38.18472; -82.08722
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyLincoln
Elevation
679 ft (207 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
25563
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1555621[1]

Sias is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. Sias is located on the Mud River and County Routes 7 and 46, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Hamlin.[2] Sias had a post office, which closed on February 1, 1997.[3]

Tradition has it the name is a corruption of the word "ice", but Hamill Kenny proposes the town instead may be named after the Sias family.[4]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sias, West Virginia
  2. ^ Lincoln County, West Virginia General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  4. ^ 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. 577.