Gad, West Virginia

Gad
Unincorporated community
Gad Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°14′23″N 80°53′3″W / 38.23972°N 80.88417°W / 38.23972; -80.88417Coordinates: 38°14′23″N 80°53′3″W / 38.23972°N 80.88417°W / 38.23972; -80.88417
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Nicholas
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Gad is a former unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. The community was located on McKee's Creek, but was purchased by the US Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of Summersville Lake.

The site of the town is now located under the lake near the marina.

The community most likely was named after the Gadd family.^[1]

References

↑ 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. 258.

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

County seat: Summersville

City	Richwood Summersville

CDPs	Belva‡ Birch River Craigsville Dixie‡ Fenwick Nettie Tioga

Unincorporated communities	Allingdale Bentree‡ Bruce Calvin Cambria Canvas Carl Coe Cottle Curtin Donald Drennen Enon Eye Gad Gilboa Green Valley Holcomb Hominy Falls Hookersville Keslers Cross Lanes Kirkwood Leivasy Lockwood Muddlety New Hope Mt. Lookout Mount Nebo Nallen‡ Odell Town Persinger Poe Pool Runa Saxman Snow Hill Swiss Tolbert Waggy‡ Werth Woodbine Zela

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

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