Duo, West Virginia

Coordinates: 38°04′16″N 80°35′51″W / 38.07111°N 80.59750°W / 38.07111; -80.59750
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Duo, West Virginia
Duo is located in West Virginia
Duo
Duo
Duo is located in the United States
Duo
Duo
Coordinates: 38°04′16″N 80°35′51″W / 38.07111°N 80.59750°W / 38.07111; -80.59750
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyGreenbrier
Elevation
3,373 ft (1,028 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1554339[1]

Duo is an unincorporated community and coal town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Duo is 6 miles (9.7 km) east-northeast of Quinwood.

The community was so named on account of there being only two houses standing at the town site.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ 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. 218.