Dillon
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Dillon, West Virginia”, “Dillon, WV”, and “Irish Mountain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Colman’s Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery and Plumley Mountain.
St. Colman’s Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery
Church
Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Colman's Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery is a historic church located in Dillon, West Virginia which is also called Irish Mountain. It was built in 1877 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. St. Colman’s Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery is situated 1½ miles east of Dillon.
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 west of Dillon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abraham and Bragg.
Abraham
Hamlet
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.
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 2½ miles west of Dillon.
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 3 miles northeast of Dillon.
Dillon
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Raleigh, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.7704° or 37° 46′ 13″ northLongitude
-80.95065° or 80° 57′ 2″ westElevation
2,608 feet (795 metres)Open location code
869XQ2CX+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 153958994OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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