Peapatch is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia[1] and McDowell County, West Virginia, United States, straddling the Virginia–West Virginia border.[2]
History
The Peapatch post office closed in 1939.[3] Peapatch was named from the production of peas.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peapatch, Virginia and West Virginia
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peapatch, Virginia and West Virginia
- ^ "Buchanan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ^ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.
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