Secondcreek, West Virginia

Secondcreek is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. Secondcreek is northeast of Union. The ZIP code for Secondcreek is 24974; however the post office was closed in 2010.[2]

Secondcreek, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Secondcreek, West Virginia
Secondcreek, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°39′55″N 80°27′14″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMonroe
Elevation
1,873 ft (571 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
24974
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1555586[1]

The community was named after nearby Second Creek.[3]

Resource and Heritage

Second Creek is an excellent trout stream although the native brook trout is in greatly reduced numbers compared to the brown trout and rainbow trout recently introduced. Rodgers Mill is a fly fishing only site. Second Creek is stocked every April. Fly anglers can access the waters using County Route 219/3 and County Route 3/7 from US Route 219.

At one time in its history, more than twenty mills for powder, grist, lumbering and finishing were on this creek.

Reed's Mill and the Nickell Homestead and Mill are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ZIP Code Lookup
  3. 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. 561.
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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