Proctor, West Virginia

Proctor, West Virginia

Proctor (also Austinville or Proctors) is an unincorporated community in northwestern Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States. It lies on West Virginia Route 2 along the Ohio River, north of the city of New Martinsville, the county seat of Wetzel County. [Rand McNally. "The Road Atlas '08." Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 112.] Its elevation is 630 feet (192 m), and it is located at coor dms|39|42|42|N|80|49|25|W|city (39.7117436, -80.8237059). Because the community has borne multiple names, the Board on Geographic Names officially designated it "Proctor" in 1890. [ [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1555417 Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report] , Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-04-22.] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 26055. [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=26055 Zip Code Lookup] ]

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*List of cities and towns along the Ohio River

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