Princewick, West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°39′43″N 81°13′17″W / 37.66194°N 81.22139°W

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Princewick
Unincorporated community
Princewick Missionary Church, Princewick, West Virginia
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Coordinates: 37°39′43″N 81°13′17″W / 37.66194°N 81.22139°W / 37.66194; -81.22139
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Raleigh
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	25908^[1]
Area code(s)	304 and 681
GNIS feature ID	1555414^[2]

Princewick is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

Princewick was laid out in 1916 when the railroad (Stone Coal Division of the Virginian Railroad^[3]) was extended to that point.^[4] The community's name is an amalgamation of Isaac Prince and Thomas Wickham.^[4]

References

^ "Princewick ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Princewick, West Virginia
^ Lucile Justice, Post master 1938
^ ^a ^b 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. 508.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Beckley
City	Beckley	Raleigh County map
Towns	Lester Mabscott Sophia
CDPs	Beaver Bolt Bradley Coal City Colcord Crab Orchard Daniels Dorothy Eccles Ghent Glen White Helen MacArthur Piney View Prosperity Raleigh Shady Spring Sprague Stanaford
Other communities	Abney Abraham Affinity Ameagle Amigo Arnett Artie Battleship Baylor Besoco Birchton Blue Jay Blue Jay 6 Bragg Circle View Cirtsville Clear Creek Clifftop Coalgate Cool Ridge Cranberry Crow Dameron Dillon Dry Creek Dry Hill Dugout East Beckley Eastgulf Edwight Egeria‡ Emerson Eunice Epperly‡ Fairdale Fireco Fitzpatrick Friendly View Glade Springs Glen Daniel Glen Morgan Grandview Hamlet Harper Hollywood Hoohoo Hotchkiss Jap Jarrolds Valley Jenny Gap Johnstown Jonben Josephine Lanark Leevale Lego Lillybrook Lynwinn Madeline Maple Meadow Maple Fork Marfork Masseyville Matville Maynor McAlpin McCreery Mead Metalton Midway Montcoal Mountview‡ Naoma Norvelle Odd Oswald Packsville Peachtree Pear Pemberton Pettry Bottom Pettus Pine Hills Pineknob Pluto Posey Price Hill‡ Princewick Redbird Rhodell Riley Rock Creek Roxie Royal Saxon Shiloh Sink Skelton Slab Fork Soak Creek Stickney Stonewall Stotesbury Stover Sullivan Sundial Surveyor Sweeneyburg Table Rock Take In Hollow Tams Terry Tilden Tolleys Trap Hill Ury Warden Whitby White Oak Wickham Winding Gulf Woodpeck Wright Zada
Ghost towns	Big Stick Cedar Hot Coal Killarney McVey Pickshin Pinepoca Sylvia Tamroy Willibet Woodbay
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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