Export, West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°51′28″N 81°00′2″W / 37.85778°N 81.00056°W / 37.85778; -81.00056
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Export, West Virginia
Export is located in West Virginia
Export
Export
Export is located in the United States
Export
Export
Coordinates: 37°51′28″N 81°00′2″W / 37.85778°N 81.00056°W / 37.85778; -81.00056
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyFayette
Elevation
1,739 ft (530 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1556087[1]

Export was an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Robins.

Export was so named on account of the community's chief export, coal.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Export, West Virginia
  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. 235.