Lake, West Virginia
Lake is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Lake is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east-northeast of Mitchell Heights. Lake has a post office with ZIP code 25121.
The community was named after Nicholas Lake, the original owner of the town site. in 1863, after an executive order of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, he visited the town.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake, West Virginia
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
- ^ 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. 357.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 23, 2001. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
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