Burnt Factory, West Virginia

Burnt Factory
Unincorporated community
Burnt Factory is located in West Virginia
Burnt Factory
Burnt Factory
Location within the state of West Virginia
Burnt Factory is located in the United States
Burnt Factory
Burnt Factory
Burnt Factory (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°39′21″N 78°12′31″W / 39.65583°N 78.20861°W / 39.65583; -78.20861
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMorgan
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1554035[1]

Burnt Factory is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, West Virginia north of Berkeley Springs. It is located along Sand Mine Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 38/1) off Hancock Road (U.S. Route 522) and is the site of the U.S. Silica Company's Berkeley Springs plant. U.S. Silica is a producer of ground and unground silica sand, kaolin clay, and aplite. These materials are extracted from Warm Spring Ridge directly across U.S. Route 522 from the facility in Burnt Factory.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burnt Factory, West Virginia


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