Greer, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
38°49′10″N 82°1′49″W / 38.81944°N 82.03028°W / 38.81944; -82.03028Greer is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States.
The community derives its name from the local Greer Limestone Company.[2]
The Mississippian tetrapod Greererpeton burkemorani was named after this community by Alfred Romer in 1969.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greer, West Virginia
- ^ 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.
- ^ Smithson, T.R. (September 1982). "The cranial morphology of Greererpeton burkernorani Romer (Amphibia:Temnospondyli)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 76: 29–90. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1982.tb01955.x.
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Municipalities and communities of Mason County, West Virginia, United States
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