Tioga, West Virginia

Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States

38°25′13″N 80°39′21″W / 38.42028°N 80.65583°W / 38.42028; -80.65583CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCounty NicholasArea

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• Total0.621 sq mi (1.61 km²) • Land0.621 sq mi (1.61 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Population

(2010)^[2]

• Total98 • Density160/sq mi (61/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Tioga is a census-designated place (CDP) in northeastern Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 98.^[2] The town is located along a road alternatively called Tioga Road (County Route 3) in Nicholas County and Strouds Creek Road (County Route 11) in Webster County. The road can be accessed from West Virginia Route 20 in Allingdale and West Virginia Route 55 near Craigsville. However, Google Maps didn't bother to try mapping Tioga.

The community was named after Tioga County, Pennsylvania, the native home of several local lumbermen.^[3]

References

^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
^ 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. 626.