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Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
Job, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°51′51″N 79°33′25″W / 38.86417°N 79.55694°W / 38.86417; -79.55694
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRandolph
Elevation2,582 ft (787 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code26274
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1551576

Job is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-southwest of Harman and is situated where Stink Run enters the Dry Fork Cheat River. The earliest settler there was Thomas Summerfield, who came in 1784.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Job, West Virginia
  2. Maxwell, Hu (1898). The History of Randolph County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present, The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va. (Reprinted, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, W.Va., 1961). p. 415.
Municipalities and communities of Randolph County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Elkins
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