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Sophia

Sophia is a town in , , United States. It was incorporated in 1912. The population was 1,124 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Village with 1,250 residents
  • Description: town in West Virginia, USA
  • Also known as: “Sophia, West Virginia” and “Sophia, WV”
  • Postal code: 25921

Places of Interest

Highlights include Independence High School and Daniel Vineyards.

School
is a consolidated high school in rural , located in the town of . The names of Independence and its sister school and rival reflect the fact they were both built in 1976, the U.S. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Sophia.

Winery
Photo: PumpkinSky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a family-owned estate winery located in . The vineyard was created in 1990 at the former location of the 192-acre Twin Oaks Golf Course by Doctor C. is situated 2½ miles north of Sophia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Big Stick and Midway.

Hamlet
was an unincorporated community in , , United States. It lies along County Route 3/2, beside . This community is part of the Winding Gulf Coalfield in Raleigh County.

Hamlet
Photo: Magnolia677, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located between Sophia and .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is 1.5 miles east-northeast of Sophia. is located along Complex Road and a former line of the Norfolk and Western Railroad in the Soak Creek valley.

Sophia

Latitude
37.70762° or 37° 42′ 27″ north
Longitude
-81.25066° or 81° 15′ 2″ west
Population
1,250
Elevation
2,320 feet (707 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US S9O
Open location code
869WPP5X+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153905799
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4822741
Wiki­data ID
Q2879657
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Sophia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صوفيا”
  • Basque: “Sophia”
  • Catalan: “Sophia”
  • Cebuano: “Sophia”
  • Chechen: “София”
  • Chinese: “Sophia”
  • Dutch: “Sophia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلده صوفيا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صوفيا”
  • French: “Sophia”
  • German: “Sophia”
  • Gilaki: “سوفیا (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “سوفیا”
  • Hungarian: “Sophia”
  • Italian: “Sophia”
  • Japanese: “ソフィア”
  • Ladin: “Sophia”
  • Malayalam: “സോഫിയ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sophia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sophia”
  • Norwegian: “Sophia”
  • Persian: “سووفی”
  • Polish: “Sophia”
  • Portuguese: “Sophia”
  • Serbian: “Софија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sophia, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sophia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سوفیا، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Sophia”
  • Swedish: “Sophia, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Sophia”
  • Tatar: “София”
  • Ukrainian: “Софія”
  • Volapük: “Sophia”
  • Welsh: “Sophia, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Sophia”

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