Buck, West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°36′06″N 80°49′26″W / 37.60167°N 80.82389°W / 37.60167; -80.82389
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Buck, West Virginia
UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1549615[1]

Buck is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States, located southeast of Hinton.

The community most likely was named after the deer buck.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buck, West Virginia
  2. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 134.