Lahmansville, West Virginia

Lahmansville
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°7′41″N 79°4′54″W / 39.12806°N 79.08167°W / 39.12806; -79.08167Coordinates: 39°7′41″N 79°4′54″W / 39.12806°N 79.08167°W / 39.12806; -79.08167
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Grant
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Lahmansville is an unincorporated community on Patterson Creek in Grant County, West Virginia, United States, located along West Virginia Secondary Route 5 at its junction with Secondary Route 5/6.

The community was named after Jacob "Jake" Lahman, a local merchant.^[1] According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as "Laymensville", "Lehmansville" and "Leymansville".^[2]

References

↑ 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. 357.
↑ "GNIS entry". GNIS. Retrieved 2008-10-24.

Municipalities and communities of Grant County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Petersburg

City	Petersburg

Town	Bayard

Unincorporated communities	Arthur Bismarck Cabins Dobbin Dorcas Fairfax Falls Forman Gormania Greenland Henry Hiser Hopeville Jordan Run Kempton Junction Kline Gap Lahmansville Landes Martin Masonville Maysville Medley Mount Storm Old Arthur Pansy Rough Run Scherr Seemly Seymourville Streby Williamsport Wilson‡ Wilsonia

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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