Lorado, West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°47′44″N 81°42′53″W / 37.79556°N 81.71472°W

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Lorado, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°47′44″N 81°42′53″W / 37.79556°N 81.71472°W / 37.79556; -81.71472
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Logan
Elevation	1,240 ft (380 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	25630
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1542456^[1]

Lorado is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Lorado is 10 miles (16 km) east-northeast of Man, along Buffalo Creek.^[2] Lorado has a post office with ZIP code 25630.^[3]

The community's name is an acronym of the Lorain Coal and Dock Company.^[4]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lorado, West Virginia
^ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 58. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
^ ZIP Code Lookup
^ 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. 385.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Logan County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Logan
City	Logan	Map of West Virginia highlighting Logan County
Towns	Chapmanville Man Mitchell Heights West Logan
CDPs	Accoville Amherstdale Big Creek Bruno Chauncey Crooked Creek Earling Greenville Henlawson Holden Justice Addition Kistler Mallory McConnell Monaville Mount Gay-Shamrock Neibert Omar Peach Creek Robinette Rossmore Sarah Ann Stollings Switzer Verdunville
Other unincorporated communities	Aracoma Argyle Baber Baisden Banco Barnabus Becco Beebe Black Bottom Blair Bradshaw Braeholm Chambers Christian Claypool Coal Valley Combs Addition Cora Craneco Crites Crown Crystal Block Dabney Daisy Davin Davis Dehue Diamond Dobra Dog Patch Don Emmett Ethel Fanco Five Block Fort Branch Freeze Fork Frogtown Gillman Bottom Godby Heights Guyan Terrace Halcyon Hedgeview Hetzel Huff Junction Hutchinson Kelly Kitchen Lake Landville Latrobe Lintz Addition Logan Heights Lorado Lundale Lyburn Melville Micco Mifflin Mineral City Monclo Monitor Mountain View Oilville Orville Pardee Pecks Mill Phico Pine Creek Ralumco Red Campbell Ridgeview Rita Rum Junction Saunders Sharples Shegon Shively Slagle Sodom Sovereign Spruce Valley Stirrat Stone Branch Stowe Sulphur Springs Sunbeam Sunset Court Superior Bottom Sycamore Taplin Thompson Town Trace Junction Troy Town Upper Whitman Walnut Hill Wanda Whirlwind Whites Addition Whitman Wilkinson Wylo Yolyn
Ghost town	Yantus
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