Switzer, West Virginia

Switzer, West Virginia
Census-designated place
Switzer Post Office
Switzer Post Office
Location of Switzer, West Virginia
Location of Switzer, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°47′37″N 81°59′15″W / 37.79361°N 81.98750°W / 37.79361; -81.98750
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyLogan
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.36 sq mi (6.12 km2)
 • Land2.34 sq mi (6.06 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation
745 ft (227 m)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total
595
 • Density254/sq mi (98.2/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25647
Area code304
FIPS code54-78796[3]
GNIS feature ID1555771[4]

Switzer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The CDP includes the neighboring unincorporated community of Micco. The total CDP population was 595 at the 2010 census.[2]

The community was, most likely, named after the local Switzer family.[5][6]

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – West Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Switzer CDP, West Virginia". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ 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. 616.
  6. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (August 28, 2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813144016.