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Romance, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°35′50″N 81°35′55″W / 38.59722°N 81.59861°W / 38.59722; -81.59861
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Jackson
Elevation	669 ft (204 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	25175 25248
Area code	304
GNIS ID	1549904

Romance is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. It formerly had a post office with a zip code of 25175, but this closed on February 18, 1986. The area between Middle Fork and Advent is also considered Romance.

The community was named after Romance Parsons, an early settler.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Romance, West Virginia
2. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
3. "Time and Custom Stand Still in the Hills and Hollers of West Virginia". Los Angeles Times. February 10, 1985.
4. 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. 539.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Ripley
Cities	Ravenswood Ripley
Magisterial districts	Eastern Northern Western
Historic districts	Grant Ravenswood Ripley Union Washington
CDP	Cottageville
Other communities	Advent Angerona Belgrove Crow Summit Cuba Danstown Drift Run Duncan Estar Evans Evergreen Hills Fairplain Flatwoods Fletcher Foster Chapel Frozencamp Garfield Gay Given Goldtown Hemlock Hereford Independence Jones Crossing Kenna Kentuck LeRoy Liverpool‡ Lockhart Lone Cedar Loop Louther Marshall McClain Meadowdale Medina Millwood Morgan Mount Alto Mount Moriah Mount Tell Murray Murraysville Muses Bottom Neptune Nesselroad New Era North Ravenswood Nuzums Oak Hill Odaville Parchment Valley Pleasant Hill Pleasant View Plum Orchard Polk Providence Ripley Landing Rock Castle Romance Salt Hill Sandyville Shatto Sherman Sidneyville Silverton Skidmore Skull Run Statts Mills The Y Topins Grove Utica Varner Wilding Willowdale Wiseburg Young
Ghost towns	Aplin Beatysville Browning Buffalo Edgar Huntsville July‡ Mentor Mozelle Runkle School House Willow Grove
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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