Higby, West Virginia

Higby
Ghost town
Higby Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°39′26″N 81°29′26″W / 38.65722°N 81.49056°W / 38.65722; -81.49056Coordinates: 38°39′26″N 81°29′26″W / 38.65722°N 81.49056°W / 38.65722; -81.49056
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Roane
Elevation	689 ft (210 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS ID	1740904^[1]

Higby is a ghost town in Roane County, West Virginia.

The town's name is a corruption of nearby Higly Creek.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Higby, 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. 308.

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

County seat: Spencer

City	Spencer

Town	Reedy

Unincorporated communities	Alvord Amma Billings Bright Buffalo Lick Cicerone Clio Clover Cotton Countsville Depue Elana Flatfork Gandeeville Grace Graux Harmony Iola Jingo July Kester Kettle Lattimer Leaning Oak Left Hand Linden Liverpool‡ Looneyville Mattie Morning Star Mount Olive Nancy Run Newton Otto Pad Patsey Peniel Pigeon Red Knob Roxalana Shad Slate Speed Stringtown Sunflower Tariff Uler Virgil Wallback‡ Walton Zona

Ghost towns	Higby July‡ Woodyard

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

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