Pierpont is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along the Slab Fork and West Virginia Route 54.[2]
Pierpont | |
|---|---|
  Pierpont Location within the state of West Virginia  Pierpont Pierpont (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°37′38″N 81°23′32″W / 37.62722°N 81.39222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Wyoming |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1544806[1] |
The community was named after J. Pierpont Morgan.[3]
References edit
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pierpont, Wyoming County, West Virginia
- ^ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 58. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
- ^ 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. 487.
 | This article about a location in Wyoming County, West Virginia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |