Backus is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Naoma and War Ridge. W. P. Backus, an early postmaster, gave the community his name.

Layland

Hamlet

Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Layland is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Layland is located on West Virginia Route 41, 6.5 miles west-northwest of Meadow Bridge. Layland has a post office with ZIP code 25864. A former variant name was Gentry.

Lawton

Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.87123° or 37° 52′ 16″ north

Longitude

-80.97704° or 80° 58′ 37″ west

Elevation

1,988 feet (606 metres)

Open location code

869XV2CF+F5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153861335

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4811641

Wikidata ID

Q6505038

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French: “Lawton”
Irish: “Lawton”

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