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词条 Green Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
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  2. References

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}}Green Sulphur Springs (also Green Sulphur) is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. It lies near Interstate 64 to the northeast of the city of Hinton, the county seat of Summers County.[2] Its elevation is 1,552 feet (473 m).[3] Green Sulphur Springs had a post office, with the ZIP code of 25966, until it closed on February 29, 1992.[4]

History

Green Sulphur Springs takes its name from an underground spring containing sulfur.[5] It was discovered in the 19th century by accident when prospectors were drilling for salt water.[6]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}
2. ^Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '04. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2004, p. 112.
3. ^{{gnis|1554604}}, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-01-18.
4. ^{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=December 12, 2011}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=313;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=285}}
6. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bigTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA659#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time | publisher=J.H. Miller | author=Miller, James Henry | year=1908 | pages=659}}
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