Green Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

37°34′12″N 80°47′22″W / 37.57000°N 80.78944°W / 37.57000; -80.78944CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCounty SummersTime zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

25966^[1]

Green Sulphur Springs (also Green Sulphur) is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. It lies near Interstate 64 to the northeast of the city of Hinton, the county seat of Summers County.^[2] Its elevation is 1,552 feet (473 m).^[3] Green Sulphur Springs had a post office, with the ZIP code 25966, until it closed on February 29, 1992.^[4]

History

Green Sulphur Springs takes its name from an underground spring containing sulfur.^[5] It was discovered in the 19th century by accident when prospectors were drilling for salt water.^[6]

References

^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '04. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2004, p. 112.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-01-18.
^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
^ 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. 285.
^ Miller, James Henry (1908). History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. J.H. Miller. pp. 659.