Petroleum
Petroleum is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 699 feet. Its post office closed on November 9, 2002, but the community still has a ZIP code of 26161.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Petroleum, West Virginia”, “Petroleum, WV”, and “Rogers”
- Postal code: 26161
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eaton and Racy.
Eaton
Hamlet
Eaton is a ghost town in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. It sat along the path of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Passenger service along the line stopped completely in the fall of 1981. Eaton is situated 2½ miles west of Petroleum.
Racy
Hamlet
Racy is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. Racy is situated 4 miles southeast of Petroleum.
Cisco
Hamlet
Cisco is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. Cisco is situated 4½ miles south of Petroleum.
Petroleum
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Ritchie, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.19091° or 39° 11′ 27″ northLongitude
-81.26845° or 81° 16′ 6″ westElevation
699 feet (213 metres)Open location code
86FW5PRJ+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 154141248OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Petroleum” goes by many names.
- French: “Petroleum”
- Irish: “Petroleum”
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