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Seth, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

38°06′29″N 81°37′23″W / 38.10806°N 81.62306°W / 38.10806; -81.62306CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCounty BooneElevation

702 ft (214 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

25181

Area code(s)304 & 681GNIS feature ID1546581^[1]

Seth is an unincorporated community and coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. Seth is located on West Virginia Route 3, 11 miles (18 km) east-northeast of Madison. Seth has a post office with ZIP code 25181.^[2]

The community was named after Seth Foster, who was instrumental in securing a post office for the town.^[3] Prior to Seth, it was initially named Coon's Mills up to at least the Civil War period.^[4]

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ZIP Code Lookup
^ 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. 565.
^ Graham, Michael (2014). The Coal River Valley in the Civil War: West Virginia Mountains, 1861. The History Press. ISBN 978-1626196605. Retrieved May 13, 2018.