Carter, West Virginia

Carter is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States of America. Carter is served by the French Creek Post Office and its Zip Code: 26218.

The unincorporated community of Carter lies at the three-way junction of County Route 11 (Alexander-Helvetia road), Natural Bridge Road, and Waterloo Road.

Carter was named for a prominent family of Baptist preachers originally from Albemarle County, Virginia that settled in Sago, West Virginia in the 1840s. Henry T. Carter at first resided on the farm of a Mr. Alfred Morgan in the Sago area. He later bought land about two miles south and reared a large family. He had married a Miss Emerson. He was a highly respected citizen of the community and was a very industrious man. He was renowned for his reliable memory. For many years, he served as one of the deacons for the Sago Baptist church. His ten children were named John, Mary, Henry, Thomas Addison, Mardonius, George, Page, Eliza, Lena, and Delia. Mardonius died young from scarlet fever.

External links

http://www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/sago.html
Carter is at coordinates 38°50'39.04" N, 80°16'57.56" W and at an elevation of 1,816 feet above sea level.

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

County seat: Buckhannon

City	Buckhannon

Unincorporated communities	Abbott Adrian Alexander Alton Arlington Atlas Beans Mill Canaan Carter Craddock Daysville Deanville Eden Ellamore‡ Excelsior Five Forks Freeman French Creek Frenchton Gaines Gale Goodwin Gormley Goshen Gould Hampton Heavener Grove Hemlock Hinkleville Hodgesville Holly Grove Hoover Town Imperial Ingo Ivy Kanawha Head Kedron Kesling Mill Lorentz McCuetown Midvale Nebo Newlonton Overhill Palace Valley Post Mill Queens Red Rock Reger Rock Cave Rocky Ford Ruraldale Sago Sand Run Selbyville Shahan South Buckhannon Swamp Run Tallmansville Tenmile Tennerton Teter Vegan White Oak Wilsontown Yokum Zion

Ghost town	Post Mill

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

Coordinates: 38°50′40″N 80°16′56″W / 38.84444°N 80.28222°W / 38.84444; -80.28222

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