Abraham
Abraham is a community in the Richmond District of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, that takes its name from an old post office. The name comes from Armistead Abraham Lilly, prosecuting attorney of Raleigh County from 1904 to 1908.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Abraham, West Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plumley Mountain and First Baptist Church.
Plumley Mountain
Peak
Plumley Mountain is a mountain in Raleigh County, West Virginia. The mountain is named for the Plumley family of West Virginia history, and its highest elevation is at Plumley Knob. Plumley Mountain is situated 2 miles southwest of Abraham.
First Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
First Baptist Church is situated 2 miles northeast of Abraham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dillon and Bragg.
Dillon
Hamlet
Dillon is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Irish Mountain and is the location of St. Colman's Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Bragg
Hamlet
Bragg is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Bragg is 11 miles east of Beckley. A variant name was New; the present name is after the local Bragg family. Bragg is situated 2 miles west of Abraham.
Meadow Creek
Hamlet
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
Meadow Creek is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Meadow Creek is located on the New River, southwest of Meadow Bridge and north of Hinton. Meadow Creek is situated 2 miles northeast of Abraham.
Abraham
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Raleigh, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.79067° or 37° 47′ 26″ northLongitude
-80.95509° or 80° 57′ 18″ westElevation
2,477 feet (755 metres)Open location code
869XQ2RV+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 154203773OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to South Azerbaijani—“Abraham” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Abraham, West Virginia”
- Dutch: “Abraham”
- Irish: “Abraham”
- Persian: “آبراهام”
- Persian: “ابراهیم، اغرب ویرجینیا”
- South Azerbaijani: “آبراهام، باتی ویرجینیا”
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Notable Places Nearby
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