Pierce
Pierce is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after one Mr. Pierce, a railroad official.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Pierce, West Virginia” and “Pierce, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park and Fairfax Stone Historical Monument.
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park
Park
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park is a West Virginia state park commemorating the Fairfax Stone, a surveyor's marker and boundary stone at the source of the North Branch of the Potomac River. Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Pierce.
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument
Geographical marker
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument is a geographical marker, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Pierce.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include William and Benbush.
William
Hamlet
William is an unincorporated community in the Monongahela National Forest in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. William lies south of Fairfax and the Fairfax Stone and north of Thomas.
Benbush
Hamlet
Benbush is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Benbush is located to the northwest of Thomas along West Virginia Secondary Route 18.
Fairfax
Hamlet
Fairfax is an unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. Fairfax is situated 2 miles northeast of Pierce.
Pierce
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Tucker, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.17371° or 39° 10′ 25″ northLongitude
-79.51056° or 79° 30′ 38″ westElevation
3,002 feet (915 metres)Open location code
87F25FFQ+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 158286119OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Pierce” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮尔斯”
- French: “Pierce”
- Persian: “پیرس، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “پیرس”
- South Azerbaijani: “پیرس، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Urdu: “پیئرس، مغربی ورجینیا”
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Localities in the Area
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