Egeria, West Virginia
Egeria is an unincorporated community in Mercer and Raleigh counties, West Virginia, United States. Egeria is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north-northeast of Matoaka. The 1881 guide to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway lists a blacksmith, two cabinetmakers or undertakers, a general store, a machinist, corn or flour mill, sawmill, and nine "principal farmers".
Egeria, West Virginia | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Egeria, West Virginia Egeria, West Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 37°32′21″N 81°12′00″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| Counties | Mercer and Raleigh |
| Elevation | 2,972 ft (906 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 304 & 681 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1549668 |
The community had a post office as of 1955. The Egeria high school, which was built in 1913, was the last single-teacher high school in West Virginia. It had 21 total students at its peak, and enrollment numbers were usually in the teens, making it the smallest school in the county; in 1954 it had only two graduates. At the time, the community was cut off from surrounding towns by poor-quality roads, which slowed local progress and led younger residents to move away.