Teays | |
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  Teays Location within the state of West Virginia  Teays Teays (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°26′30″N 81°57′10″W / 38.44167°N 81.95278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Putnam |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 25569 |
Teays, written Seays until circa 1884, is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The town is centered on the former general store / post office on Teays Lane, which sits across from the site of the Teays railroad depot, which was demolished in the mid-1900s.
Teays is a namesake and part of the census-designated place of Teays Valley, which was in turn named for Thomas Teays, a hunter and trapper who once spent a considerable amount of time in the vicinity.[1]
Geologist William G. Tight (1865–1910) named the preglacial Teays River after Teays, which lies in the "riverless" Teays Valley that once was the bottom of the river.[2]
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The former Teays, WV general store / post office.
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. 621.
- ↑ Sullivan, Walter (November 29, 1983). "A Great Lost River Gets Its Due". The New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
[William G. Tight] called it the Teays (pronounced taze) River, for a village in West Virginia.
Municipalities and communities of Putnam County, West Virginia, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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