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Lost City, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Baptist church on West Virginia Route 259
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Coordinates: 38°55′47″N 78°50′3″W / 38.92972°N 78.83417°W / 38.92972; -78.83417
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Hardy
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	26810
GNIS feature ID	1551940

Lost City is an unincorporated community in eastern Hardy County, West Virginia, United States, on the Lost River. Lost City is centered at the intersection of West Virginia routes 59 and 259. The town was originally known as Cover. Its post office has been open since 1892.

The community takes its name from the nearby Lost River.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lost City, West Virginia
2. "Postmaster Finder - Who We Are - USPS".
3. 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. 386.

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County seat: Moorefield
Towns	Moorefield Wardensville
Unincorporated communities	Arkansaw Baker Basore Bass Baughman Settlement Bean Settlement Brake Cunningham Durgon Fabius Fisher Flats Fort Run Furnace Inkerman Kessel Lost City Lost River Mathias McCauley McNeill Milam Needmore Old Fields Perry Peru Rig Rock Oak Rockland Sycamore Tannery Taylor Walnut Bottom
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