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Lashmeet, West Virginia

Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States

37°25′22″N 81°11′48″W / 37.42278°N 81.19667°W / 37.42278; -81.19667CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCounty MercerArea

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• Total0.750 sq mi (1.94 km²) • Land0.750 sq mi (1.94 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Elevation

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2,533 ft (772 m)Population

(2010)^[3]

• Total479 • Density640/sq mi (250/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

24733

GNIS feature ID2586841^[2]

Lashmeet is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 10 northwest of the city of Princeton, the county seat of Mercer County.^[4] Although Lashmeet is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 24733.^[5] As of the 2010 census, its population was 479.^[3]

The community most likely derives its name from the local Lashmeet (or Lashmutt) family.^[6]

References

^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lashmeet, West Virginia
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
^ DeLorme, West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer, 4th ed., Yarmouth, 2007, p. 59 ISBN 0-89933-327-3
^ Zip Code Lookup
^ 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. 360.