Guardian, West Virginia

Guardian, West Virginia
Guardian, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
	Guardian, West Virginia Show map of West VirginiaShow map of the United StatesShow all
	Coordinates: 38°38′10″N 80°27′59″W / 38.63611°N 80.46639°WCoordinates: 38°38′10″N 80°27′59″W / 38.63611°N 80.46639°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Webster
Elevation	1,089 ft (332 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1539778

Guardian is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Guardian is located along the Right Fork Holly River and West Virginia Route 15, 11.4 miles (18.3 km) north-northwest of Webster Springs.^[2] Guardian had a post office, which closed on February 1, 1988.^[3] The community took its name from the local Guardian Coal and Oil Company.^[4] Guardian was previously known as Removal from about the 1880s until 1937 when the post office named changed to Guardian. Guardian was also referred to as Middleport in early postal records. The history of the town is exhaustively set out in a two volume book set (published in 2002 and 2015) known as "Removal Reflections: A History of Guardian/Removal, West Virginia."^[5]

References[]

^ "Guardian". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
^ Webster 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 January 1, 2012.
^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
^ 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. 286.
^ Hall, Jeffrey L (2002). Removal reflections: a history of Removal/Guardian, West Virginia. Diana, WV: Jeffrey L. Hall. OCLC 56984196.

This article about a location in Webster County, West Virginia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] "Guardian". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

[2] Webster 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 January 1, 2012.

[3] "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved January 1, 2012.

[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. 286.

[5] Hall, Jeffrey L (2002). Removal reflections: a history of Removal/Guardian, West Virginia. Diana, WV: Jeffrey L. Hall. OCLC 56984196.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

show v t Municipalities and communities of Webster County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Webster Springs
Towns	Camden-on-Gauley Cowen Webster Springs
CDPs	Bergoo Parcoal
Unincorporated communities	Arcola Bernardstown Big Run Boggs Bois Bolair Chapman Cherry Falls Cleveland Curtin Diana Dogway Donaldson Dorrtown Dyer Erbacon Excelsior Gauley Mills Guardian Hacker Valley Halo Hodam Jerryville Jumbo Kovan Orndoff Poling Ralph Replete Skelt Strouds Upperglade Wainville Waneta Weese Wheeler Woodzell
Ghost towns	Defoe Mayton Skyles
West Virginia portal United States portal

show Authority control
General	VIAF 1 WorldCat (via VIAF)
National libraries	United States

Guardian, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Guardian, West Virginia Guardian, West Virginia Show map of West VirginiaShow map of the United StatesShow all
Coordinates: 38°38′10″N 80°27′59″W / 38.63611°N 80.46639°W / 38.63611; -80.46639Coordinates: 38°38′10″N 80°27′59″W / 38.63611°N 80.46639°W / 38.63611; -80.46639
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Webster
Elevation	1,089 ft (332 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1539778^[1]