Boyer, West Virginia

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Boyer, West Virginia
Boyer, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Boyer, West Virginia
Boyer, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°29′20″N 79°48′02″W / 38.48889°N 79.80056°W / 38.48889; -79.80056Coordinates: 38°29′20″N 79°48′02″W / 38.48889°N 79.80056°W / 38.48889; -79.80056
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyPocahontas
Elevation
2,680 ft (820 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1553957[1]

Boyer is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Boyer is located on state routes 28 and 92, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southeast of Durbin.

The community was named for a businessperson in the lumber industry.[2]

Notable person[]

Opal Wilcox Barron was born here on September 19, 1914. She became the First Lady of West Virginia from 1961 to 1965.

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boyer, West Virginia
  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. 127.


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