Barnum is an unincorporated community and coal town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Barnum lies on the North Branch Potomac River along a line of the Western Maryland Railroad no longer in operation.
Barnum | |
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  Barnum Location within the state of West Virginia  Barnum Barnum (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°26′30″N 79°06′52″W / 39.44167°N 79.11444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Mineral |
| Elevation | 1,181 ft (360 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1553804[1] |
Barnum is located downstream from Jennings Randolph lake which is situated between West Virginia and Maryland on the North Branch of the Potomac River.
The community has the name of William H. Barnum, a railroad official.[2]
Notable person
edit- Charles Irving Elliott, pioneer aviator
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barnum, West Virginia
- ^ 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. 95.
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