Bass, West Virginia

Bass
Unincorporated community
Bass Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°56′54″N 79°0′8″W / 38.94833°N 79.00222°W / 38.94833; -79.00222Coordinates: 38°56′54″N 79°0′8″W / 38.94833°N 79.00222°W / 38.94833; -79.00222
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Hardy
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1553810^[1]

Bass is an unincorporated community on the South Fork South Branch Potomac River in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. Bass lies along County Highway 7.

Bass was so named on account of there being bass fish in the nearby creek.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bass, West Virginia
↑ 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. 98.

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

County seat: Moorefield

Towns	Moorefield Wardensville

Unincorporated communities	Arkansas Baker Basore Bass Baughman Settlement Bean Settlement Brake Cunningham Durgon Fabius Fisher Flats Fort Run Furnace Inkerman Kessel Lost City Lost River Mathias McCauley McNeill Milam Needmore Old Fields Perry Peru Rig Rock Oak Rockland Tannery Taylor Walnut Bottom

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