Misplaced Pages

Arroyo, West Virginia

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
Arroyo, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Arroyo is located in West VirginiaArroyoArroyoShow map of West VirginiaArroyo is located in the United StatesArroyoArroyoShow map of the United States
Coordinates: 40°34′12″N 80°39′23″W / 40.57000°N 80.65639°W / 40.57000; -80.65639
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyHancock
Elevation686 ft (209 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1535027

Arroyo is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Brooklyn.

The community derives name from nearby Dry Creek, arroyo meaning "dry creek" in Spanish.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arroyo, 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. 86.
Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: New Cumberland
Cities
Map of West Virginia highlighting Hancock County
CDP
Unincorporated
communities
Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Greater Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area
Counties
in Maryland
in Ohio
in Pennsylvania
in West Virginia
Map of the Pittsburgh Tri-State with green counties in the metropolitan area and yellow counties in the combined area
Major cities
Cities and towns
15k–50k
(in 2010)
Airports
Topics


Stub icon

This article about a location in Hancock County, West Virginia is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: