Baileysville, West Virginia

Baileysville ^[1] is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia. Most of the town was purchased by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the 1960s and 1970s for construction of the R. D. Bailey Lake. The Post Office was closed in 1973.^[2] The geographic name lived on in the local high school, Baileysville High School, which served a regional area and was actually located outside of the town proper. The school was closed in 2002 after consolidating with nearby Oceana High to form Westside High School.

The community has the name of James Bailey, Sr., a local pioneer.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baileysville, West Virginia
↑ http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postmasterfinder/welcome.htm
↑ 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. 91.

Municipalities and communities of Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Pineville

City	Mullens

Towns	Oceana Pineville

CDPs	Brenton Bud Corinne Covel Glen Fork Itmann Kopperston Matheny New Richmond

Unincorporated communities	Allen Junction Alpoca Baileysville Beechwood Black‡ Black Eagle Campus Clear Fork Coal Mountain Crany Cub City Cyclone Devils Fork‡ Edith Fanny Fanrock Garwood Glen Rogers Glover Hanover Herndon Ikes Fork Iroquois Jesse Key Rock Lacoma Lamar‡ Lillydale Lillyhaven Long Branch Lynco Maben Marianna McGraws Milam Montecarlo Mullensville North Spring Nuriva Otsego Pierpont Ravencliff Rock View Sabine Saulsville Simon Steeles Stephenson Sun Hill Toney Fork Tralee Uno Windom Wolf Pen Wyco Wyoming

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°35′21″N 81°40′45″W / 37.58917°N 81.67917°W / 37.58917; -81.67917

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