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Six
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°22′08″N 81°38′16″W / 37.36889°N 81.63778°W / 37.36889; -81.63778
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Elevation	1,552 ft (473 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1546846

Six is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Six is located on West Virginia Route 16, 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Welch.

The community took its name from Mine Number 6, a nearby coal mine.

See also

• List of places with numeric names

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Six, 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. 583.

v t e Municipalities and communities of McDowell County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Welch
Cities	Gary Keystone War Welch
Towns	Anawalt Bradshaw Davy Iaeger Kimball Northfork
CDPs	Bartley Berwind Big Sandy Crumpler Cucumber Maybeury Pageton Raysal Roderfield Vivian
Unincorporated communities	Algoma Alpheus Antler Apple Grove Asco Ashland Atwell Avondale Beartown Big Four Bishop Black Wolf Bottom Creek Brewsterdale Canebrake Capels Caretta Carlos Carswell Cherokee Clark Coalwood Dan Eckman Effler Eight Elkhorn English Ennis Erin Faraday Garland Gilliam Havaco Hemphill Hensley Hull Isaban‡ Jackson Flats Jacobs Fork Jed Jenkinjones Johnnycake Jolo Krollitz Kyle Landgraff Leckie Lex Lila Litwar Longpole Maitland Marine Marytown McDowell Mohawk Mohegan Monson Newhall Panther Paynesville Peapatch‡ Powhatan Premier Ream Rift Rockridge Rolfe Sandy Huff Six Skygusty Squire Superior Switchback Twin Branch Union City Upland Vallscreek Venus Warriormine Wilmore Worth Wyoming City Yerba Yukon
Ghost town	Hix
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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