Lorentz
Lorentz is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. Lorentz is located on U.S. routes 33 and 119, 4 miles west-northwest of Buckhannon.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Lorentz, West Virginia”, “Lorentz, WV”, and “Lorentzs Store”
- Postal code: 26229
Places of Interest
Highlights include Upshur County Regional Airport.
Upshur County Regional Airport
Aerodrome
Upshur County Regional Airport is a regional, public-use airport approximately 2 nautical miles outside the town of Buckhannon, Upshur County, in the United States. Upshur County Regional Airport is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lorentz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Red Rock and Aberdeen.
Red Rock
Hamlet
Red Rock is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. It is located about 4.5 kilometres northeast of the county seat of Buckhannon, West Virginia.
Aberdeen
Hamlet
Aberdeen is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States, along Hackers Creek. Aberdeen is situated 3½ miles north of Lorentz.
Buckhannon
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Buckhannon is a city of 5,725 people in West Virginia, and the only incorporated community in Upshur County. It was established in 1816 and named for Buckongahelas, a Native American chief of the Lenni-Lenape tribe who often hunted around the area, and whose name was often mispronounced by English settlers as "Buckongehanon".
Lorentz
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Upshur, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.01093° or 39° 0′ 39″ northLongitude
-80.30231° or 80° 18′ 8″ westElevation
1,447 feet (441 metres)Open location code
86FX2M6X+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 154189868OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Lorentz” goes by many names.
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- Zulu: “Lorentz”
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Notable Places Nearby
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