Job, West Virginia

Job, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Job, West Virginia
Job, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°51′51″N 79°33′25″W / 38.86417°N 79.55694°W / 38.86417; -79.55694Coordinates: 38°51′51″N 79°33′25″W / 38.86417°N 79.55694°W / 38.86417; -79.55694
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Randolph
Elevation 2,582 ft (787 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 26274
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1551576[1]

Job is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, USA. It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-southwest of Harman and is situated where Stinking Run enters the Dry Fork Cheat River. The earliest settler there was Thomas Summerfield who came in 1784.[2]

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. Maxwell, Hu (1898). The History of Randolph County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present, The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va. (Reprinted, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, W.Va., 1961). p. 415.


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