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词条 Yawkey, West Virginia
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}}Yawkey (also Porter Fork) is an unincorporated community in eastern Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at the intersection of West Virginia Routes 3 and 214, east of the town of Hamlin, the county seat of Lincoln County.[1] Its elevation is 738 feet (225 m).[2] Although it is unincorporated, it had a post office,[3] with the ZIP code of 25573.[4]

The community most likely was named after the Yawkey family.[5]

1950s TV personality Dagmar was born in Yawkey.[6]

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|Image:Yawkey WV postmark.jpg|Yawkey postmark
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See also

{{portal-inline|West Virginia}}

References

1. ^Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 112.
2. ^{{gnis|1549448}}, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-03-29.
3. ^http://www.wvmetronews.com/news.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=52623
4. ^Zip Code Lookup
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=719;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=695}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wvcommerce.org/business/industries/wvfilm/famouswvconnections.aspx |title=WV Film Office – Famous WV Connections |work=Welcome to West Virginia |publisher=West Virginia Chamber of Commerce |accessdate=April 4, 2017}}

External links

{{Lincoln County, West Virginia}}{{LincolnCountyWV-geo-stub}}

2 : Unincorporated communities in Lincoln County, West Virginia|Coal towns in West Virginia

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