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.[2]

The community was named after Nicholas Lake, the original owner of the town site.[3] in 1863, after an executive order of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, he visited the town. [4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake, West Virginia
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  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. 357.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 23, 2001. Retrieved February 4, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake,_West_Virginia
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