Blue Spring, West Virginia

Blue Spring is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.^[1]

History

A post office called Blue Spring was established in 1876, the name was changed to Bluespring in 1895, and the post office closed in 1942.^[2] The community was named after a nearby spring noted for its blue waters.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Spring, West Virginia
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
↑ 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. 120.

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

County seat: Elkins

City	Elkins

Towns	Beverly Harman Huttonsville Mill Creek Montrose Womelsdorf (Coalton)

CDPs	Bowden Dailey East Dailey Helvetia Pickens Valley Bend Valley Head Whitmer

Unincorporated communities	Adolph Aggregates Alpena Arnold Hill Bemis Blue Spring Brady Gate Bruxton Canfield Cassity Cheat Bridge Cubana Crystal Springs Czar Dryfork Elkwater Ellamore‡ Evenwood Fairview (near Elkins) Fairview (near Helvetia) Faulkner Fisher Flint Glady Harding Hazelwood Horton Jimtown Job Kerens Lee Bell Little Italy Loda Mabie Mingo Monterville Newlonton Norton Orr Osceola Pumpkintown Read Silica Smith Crossing Spangler Sullivan Suncrest Tigheville Upper Mingo Weaver Weese Whyte Wymer

Ghost towns	Jeff Scotts Kuntzville Lumber Montes Perlytown

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

Coordinates: 38°32′12″N 80°06′44″W / 38.53667°N 80.11222°W / 38.53667; -80.11222

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