Exchange
Unincorporated community
Exchange is located in West Virginia
Exchange
Exchange
Location within the state of West Virginia
Exchange is located in the United States
Exchange
Exchange
Exchange (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°46′8″N 80°44′33″W / 38.76889°N 80.74250°W / 38.76889; -80.74250
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyBraxton
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
26619
GNIS feature ID1538778[1]

Exchange is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States that has the ZIP code of 26619. The town was a stopping point on the former Coal and Coke Railway.[2]

As of 2019, the outlying areas surrounding Exchange are still populated, but the main street through town is blocked. On August 25, 2023, a fire started in one of the buildings and spread to both sides, resulting in the destruction of the main structures and smaller storage buildings.

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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Exchange, West Virginia
  2. ↑ "B&O Charleston Division Part I -Charleston to Queen Shoals". WVNC Rails. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ 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.

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