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Unincorporated community in West Virginia
Big Isaac, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°12′00″N 80°32′19″W / 39.20000°N 80.53861°W / 39.20000; -80.53861
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Doddridge
Elevation300 m (984 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1535868

Big Isaac is an unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. Big Isaac is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southeast of Salem, along Laurel Run, a headwaters tributary of Meathouse Fork. The Big Isaac post office closed on December 31, 1962.

According to tradition, the community bears the name of Periue "Big" Isaac, an early settler noted for his especially large shoe size.

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2013-12-14
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Isaac Post Office
  4. "USPS - Display Post Offices by Discontinued Date". Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  5. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 13.
Municipalities and communities of Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: West Union
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