Erbacon, West Virginia

Erbacon
Unincorporated community
Erbacon Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°31′8″N 80°35′20″W / 38.51889°N 80.58889°W / 38.51889; -80.58889Coordinates: 38°31′8″N 80°35′20″W / 38.51889°N 80.58889°W / 38.51889; -80.58889
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Webster
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1538734^[1]

Erbacon is a small unincorporated community and coal town in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. The town's namesake was a prominent investor, E.R. Bacon,^[2] who owned much of the land surrounding what is now Erbacon during the early 20th century.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Erbacon, 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. 232.

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

County seat: Webster Springs

Towns	Camden-on-Gauley Cowen Webster Springs

CDP	Bergoo

Unincorporated communities	Arcola Bernardstown Big Run Boggs Bois Bolair Chapman Cherry Falls Cleveland Curtin Diana Dogway Donaldson Dorrtown Dyer Erbacon Excelsior Fishers Crossing Gauley Mills Guardian Hacker Valley Halo Hodam Jerryville Jumbo Kovan Orndoff Parcoal Poling Ralph Replete Skelt Strouds Upperglade Wainville Waneta Weese Wheeler Woodzell

Ghost towns	Defoe Mayton Skyles

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