Beury is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

Beury, West Virginia
Beury is located in West Virginia
Beury
Beury
Beury is located in the United States
Beury
Beury
Coordinates: 37°57′34″N 81°2′26″W / 37.95944°N 81.04056°W / 37.95944; -81.04056
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyFayette
Elevation
1,066 ft (325 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1549592[1]

The community has the name of J. L. Beury, the proprietor of a mine.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beury, West Virginia
  2. ^ 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. 110.