Job, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
38°51′51″N 79°33′25″W / 38.86417°N 79.55694°W / 38.86417; -79.55694CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCountyRandolphElevation2,582 ft (787 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code
26274
Area code(s)304 & 681GNIS feature ID1551576[1]

Job is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-southwest of Harman and is situated where Stink Run enters the Dry Fork Cheat River. The earliest settler there was Thomas Summerfield, who came in 1784.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Job, West Virginia
  2. ^ Maxwell, Hu (1898). The History of Randolph County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present, The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va. (Reprinted, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, W.Va., 1961). p. 415.
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