词条 | Vadis, West Virginia |
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|official_name = Vadis, West Virginia |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = West Virginia#USA |pushpin_label = Vadis |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = West Virginia |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Lewis |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 771 |coordinates = {{coord|39|02|32|N|80|42|08|W|region:US-WV|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = 304 & 681 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 1548581[1] |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} Vadis is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. Vadis is {{convert|9.5|mi|km}} northeast of Glenville. Some say the community was named after the novel Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, while others believe the name an anagram of Davis, the name of an early postmaster.[2] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}} {{Lewis County, West Virginia}}{{LewisCountyWV-geo-stub}}2. ^{{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=666;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=642}} 2 : Unincorporated communities in Lewis County, West Virginia|Unincorporated communities in West Virginia |
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