Berea, West Virginia : Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Berea, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

39°8′11″N 80°56′1″W / 39.13639°N 80.93361°W / 39.13639; -80.93361CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCounty RitchiePopulation

(2010)^[1]

• Total83Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

26327

Berea (also Seven-Day Mill or Seventh Day Settlement) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 74 southeast of the town of Harrisville, the county seat of Ritchie County.^[2] Its elevation is 751 feet (229 m).^[3] Although it is unincorporated nor has a post office, the ZIP code is 26327.^[4] Postal customers are serviced by the Harrisville and Auburn post offices.

The community was named after the city of Berea, mentioned in the Bible.^[5]

References

^ "ZIP Codes for City of Berea, WV." Zip-Codes.com Retrieved Aug. 17, 2021.
^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 112.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Berea, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-03-29.
^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ 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. 107.