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Coordinates: 37°3221N 81°1200W / 37.53917°N 81.20000°W / 37.53917; -81.20000
 

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Egeria, West Virginia
Egeria, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Egeria, West Virginia

Egeria, West Virginia

Egeria, West Virginia is located in the United States
Egeria, West Virginia

Egeria, West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°32′21N 81°12′00W / 37.53917°N 81.20000°W / 37.53917; -81.20000
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountiesMercer and Raleigh
Elevation
2,972 ft (906 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1549668[1]
Small church, no regular services, open on a summer day.
Primitive Baptist Church, established 1907

Egeria is an unincorporated communityinMercer and Raleigh counties, West Virginia, United States. Egeria is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north-northeast of Matoaka. The 1881 guide to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway lists a blacksmith, two cabinetmakers or undertakers, a general store, a machinist, corn or flour mill, sawmill, and nine "principal farmers".[2]

The community had a post office as of 1955.[3] The Egeria high school, which was built in 1913, was the last single-teacher high school in West Virginia. It had 21 total students at its peak, and enrollment numbers were usually in the teens, making it the smallest school in the county; in 1954 it had only two graduates.[4][5] At the time, the community was cut off from surrounding towns by poor-quality roads, which slowed local progress and led younger residents to move away.[6]

References

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  • ^ Chataigne, J. H., ed. (1881). Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Directory, Containing an Illustrated History and Description of the Road, Together With Improvements and Connections Already Completed and those in Contemplation; …. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  • ^ "Roads, Crop Production Topics for Egeria Meeting". The Raleigh Register. November 9, 1955. p. 5. Retrieved July 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Egeria, A Teacher's Training Ground, Is Last One-Teacher High In State". Beckley Post-Herald. August 26, 1950. p. 8. Retrieved July 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ Riffe, Audrey (May 22, 1952). "Little Egeria High Gets Big-Time Attention". The Raleigh Register. p. 16. Retrieved July 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Community Just 27 Miles from Beckley But Poor Roads Practically Isolate It". The Raleigh Register. September 30, 1954. p. 21. Retrieved July 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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