Mount Storm, West Virginia | |
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_at_the_junction_with_West_Virginia_State_Route_42_(Union_Highway)_in_Mount_Storm,_Grant_County,_West_Virginia.jpg) View east along US 50 entering Mount Storm | |
  Mount Storm  Mount Storm | |
| Coordinates: 39°16′38″N 79°14′27″W / 39.27722°N 79.24083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Grant |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 109 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 26739[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1543766[2] |
Mount Storm is an unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Storm lies on the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) at its junction with West Virginia Route 42. The community is the site of the Union School Complex, which contains Union High School.
Inclement weather over a nearby mountain caused the name of the town to be selected.[3]
- ^ "Mount Storm ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Storm, West Virginia
- ^ 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. 432.