Gordon, West Virginia

Gordon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°59′13″N 81°41′43″W / 37.98694°N 81.69528°W / 37.98694; -81.69528Coordinates: 37°59′13″N 81°41′43″W / 37.98694°N 81.69528°W / 37.98694; -81.69528
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Boone
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1554583^[1]

Gordon is an unincorporated community and coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. Gordon is approximately 12 miles from Madison. Gordon is accessible from Boone County Route 26, which is located right off West Virginia Route 85 at the Van Bridge split.

Gordon was named in 1883-1884 by Asa White, the postmaster, after a favorite nephew, Gordon Mason. It has also been known as Detroit for the Detroit Mining Company which had a mine there.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gordon, 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. 277.

Municipalities and communities of Boone County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Madison

City	Madison

Towns	Danville Sylvester Whitesville

CDPs	Comfort Greenview Racine Twilight Van

Unincorporated communities	Altman Andrew Ashford Bald Knob Bandytown Barrett Bigson Bim Bloomingrose Blue Pennant Bob White Bradley Breece Brush Creek Brushton Cameo Cazy Clinton Clothier Coopertown Dartmont Dodson Junction Easly Eden Elk Run Junction Emmons‡ Foch Foster Fosterville Garrison Gordon Greenwood Havana Hewett High Coal Hopkins Fork Horse Creek Junction Janie Jeffrey Joes Creek Julian Keith Kirbyton Kohlsaat Lanta Lindytown Low Gap Manila Marnie Marthatown Maxine Milltown Morrisvale Nellis Nelson Orgas Ottawa Peytona Pondco Powell Creek Prenter Price Hill Quinland Ramage Ridgeview Rock Creek Rumble Secoal Sharlow South Madison Seth Stark Turtle Creek Uneeda Washington Heights Wharton Williams Mountain

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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