Big Isaac, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia
39°12′00″N 80°32′19″W / 39.20000°N 80.53861°W / 39.20000; -80.53861![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_Doddridge_County%2C_West_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Doddridge_County%2C_West_Virginia.svg.png)
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.[2] The Big Isaac post office[3] closed on December 31, 1962.[4]
According to tradition, the community bears the name of Periue "Big" Isaac, an early settler noted for his especially large shoe size.[5]
Gallery
- Big Isaac postmark
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2013-12-14
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Isaac Post Office
- ^ "USPS - Display Post Offices by Discontinued Date". Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 13.
- v
- t
- e
Municipalities and communities of Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: West Union
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Doddridge_County.svg/180px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Doddridge_County.svg.png)
communities
- West Virginia portal
- United States portal
![]() | This article about a location in Doddridge County, West Virginia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e