Exchange, West Virginia

Exchange
Unincorporated community
Exchange Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°46′8″N 80°44′33″W / 38.76889°N 80.74250°W / 38.76889; -80.74250Coordinates: 38°46′8″N 80°44′33″W / 38.76889°N 80.74250°W / 38.76889; -80.74250
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Braxton
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	26619
GNIS feature ID	1538778^[1]

Exchange is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States that has the ZIP code of 26619.

Toponymy

An early variant name was Millburn. The present name was suggested on account of ownership of the local mill and other enterprises frequently changing hands.^[2]

External links

West Virginia Division of Culture and History: Exchange

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Exchange, 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. 235.

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

County seat: Sutton

Towns	Burnsville Flatwoods Gassaway Sutton

Unincorporated communities	Arnett Bison Bonnie Canfield Caress Centralia Chapel Clem Copen Corley Cutlips Dingy Duck Dutch Elmira Exchange Falls Mill Flower Frametown Gem Gip Glendon Heaters Herold Home Hyers Joppa Letch Little Birch Little Otter Napier Newville Orlando‡ Riffle Rollyson Rosedale Servia Strange Creek Tague Tesla Thrash Two Lick Run Waggy‡ Wilsie

Ghost town	Bower

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

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