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Wheat is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office[2] opened in 1837, closed in 1950.
The community was named for wheat fields near the original town site.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheat, West Virginia
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheat WV post office
- ^ 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. 672.