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'''Pansy''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Grant County, West Virginia|Grant County]], [[West Virginia]], USA. Pansy is located on [[U.S. Route 220]] {{convert|6.45|mi|km}} south-southwest of [[Petersburg, West Virginia|Petersburg]].<ref>{{cite map|publisher=[[West Virginia Department of Transportation]]|title=Grant County, West Virginia General Highway Map|url=http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Grant_2_of_2.pdf|trans-title=|language=|format=|edition=|year=2011|cartography=|scale=|series=|page=2|section=|inset=|accessdate=March 22, 2012|isbn=|id=|ref=}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
'''Pansy''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Grant County, West Virginia|Grant County]], [[West Virginia]], USA. Located on [[U.S. Route 220]] {{convert|6.45|mi|km}} south-southwest of [[Petersburg, West Virginia|Petersburg]],<ref>{{cite map|publisher=[[West Virginia Department of Transportation]]|title=Grant County, West Virginia, General Highway Map|url=http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Grant_2_of_2.pdf|trans-title=|language=|format=|edition=|year=2011|cartography=|scale=|series=|page=2|section=|inset=|accessdate=March 22, 2012|isbn=|id=|ref=}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the community most likely was named after the [[pansy|garden pansy]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=497;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=471}}</ref>

The community most likely was named after the [[pansy|garden pansy]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=497;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=471}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 21:39, 27 July 2023

Pansy, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Pansy is located in West Virginia
Pansy
Pansy
Pansy is located in the United States
Pansy
Pansy
Coordinates: 38°53′48″N 79°11′52″W / 38.89667°N 79.19778°W / 38.89667; -79.19778
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyGrant
Elevation
1,093 ft (333 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1554906[1]

Pansy is an unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, USA. Located on U.S. Route 220 6.45 miles (10.38 km) south-southwest of Petersburg,[2] the community most likely was named after the garden pansy.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Pansy". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Grant County, West Virginia, General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ 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. 471.


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