Filbert, West Virginia

Filbert
Unincorporated community
Filbert

Location within the state of West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°19′5″N 81°32′38″W / 37.31806°N 81.54389°W / 37.31806; -81.54389Coordinates: 37°19′5″N 81°32′38″W / 37.31806°N 81.54389°W / 37.31806; -81.54389
Country United States
State West Virginia
County McDowell
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 24835
GNIS feature ID 1538960[1]

Filbert is former coal town on Sandlick Creek now part of the City of Gary in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA.[2] Its post office [3] closed in 1991.[4]

Notable person

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Filbert, West Virginia
  2. Garay, Ronald (2011). U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia: Corporate Paternalism in Appalachia. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. p. 103. ISBN 1572337974.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Filbert WV post office
  4. http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postmasterfinder/
  5. Database


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