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'''Clem''' is a rural [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Braxton County, West Virginia|Braxton County]], [[West Virginia]], United States. Clem is located along County Route 30, {{convert|11.25|mi|km}} west-southwest of [[Sutton, West Virginia|Sutton]].<ref>{{cite map|publisher=[[West Virginia Department of Transportation]]|title=Braxton County, West Virginia General Highway Map|url=http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Braxton_2_of_2.pdf|year=2011|page=2|accessdate=March 8, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064833/http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Braxton_2_of_2.pdf|archivedate=2012-04-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Clem''' is a rural [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Braxton County, West Virginia|Braxton County]], [[West Virginia]], United States. Clem is located along County Route 30, {{convert|11.25|mi|km}} west-southwest of [[Sutton, West Virginia|Sutton]].<ref>{{cite map|publisher=[[West Virginia Department of Transportation]]|title=Braxton County, West Virginia General Highway Map|url=http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Braxton_2_of_2.pdf|year=2011|page=2|accessdate=March 8, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064833/http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Braxton_2_of_2.pdf|archivedate=2012-04-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>


A post office was established at this location in 1913. Clemuel Baxter Hart (1881-1960), the first postmaster, gave the community its name.<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=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=203|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=175}}</ref><Ref name="death">[http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2594023&Type=Death Certificate of Death, Clemuel B. Hart]</ref>
A post office was established at this location in 1913. Clemuel Baxter Hart (1881-1960), the first postmaster, gave the community its name.<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=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=203|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=175}}</ref><ref name="death">[http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2594023&Type=Death Certificate of Death, Clemuel B. Hart]</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 06:07, 23 July 2023

Clem, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Clem, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Clem, West Virginia
Clem, West Virginia
Clem, West Virginia is located in the United States
Clem, West Virginia
Clem, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°38′03″N 80°54′51″W / 38.63417°N 80.91417°W / 38.63417; -80.91417
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyBraxton
Elevation
978 ft (298 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1549631[1]

Clem is a rural unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Clem is located along County Route 30, 11.25 miles (18.11 km) west-southwest of Sutton.[2]

A post office was established at this location in 1913. Clemuel Baxter Hart (1881-1960), the first postmaster, gave the community its name.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Clem". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Braxton County, West Virginia General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  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. 175.
  4. ^ Certificate of Death, Clemuel B. Hart


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