Cleveland, West Virginia

Cleveland, West Virginia
—  Unincorporated community  —
Cleveland, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°43′37″N 80°23′32″W / 38.72694°N 80.39222°W / 38.72694; -80.39222Coordinates: 38°43′37″N 80°23′32″W / 38.72694°N 80.39222°W / 38.72694; -80.39222
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Webster
Elevation	1,276 ft (389 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	26215
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1537401[1]

Cleveland is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Cleveland is located 17 miles (27 km) north of Webster Springs on West Virginia Route 20, along the Right Fork Little Kanawha River.^[2] Cleveland has a post office with ZIP code 26215.^[3]

History

Over the years, the village now known as Cleveland has had three different names: Buffalo Fork, Point, and Cleveland. This reflected the change in name assigned to the post office located in the community. The first post office was established in 1853 and was named Buffalo Fork, after the small nearby stream that flows into the right fork of the Little Kanawha River.

Thirty years later in 1883, the post office was dubbed "Point" simply because a shorter name was preferred for postal purposes. Point, however, was short-lived, as two years later, in 1885; the post office name was changed to Cleveland, in honor of Grover Cleveland, who was just beginning his first term as President of the United States.

References

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 46. ISBN 0-89933-246-3. 
3. ^ ZIP Code Lookup