Greer, West Virginia

Greer
Unincorporated community
Greer is located in West Virginia
Greer
Greer
Location within the state of West Virginia
Greer is located in the United States
Greer
Greer
Greer (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°49′10″N 82°1′49″W / 38.81944°N 82.03028°W / 38.81944; -82.03028
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMason
Elevation
728 ft (222 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1539730[1]

Greer is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States.

The community derives its name from the local Greer Limestone Company.[2]

The Mississippian tetrapod Greererpeton burkemorani was named after this community by Alfred Romer in 1969.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greer, 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. 285.
  3. ^ Smithson, T.R. (September 1982). "The cranial morphology of Greererpeton burkernorani Romer (Amphibia:Temnospondyli)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 76: 29–90. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1982.tb01955.x.


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