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Toll Gate, West Virginia

Coordinates: 39°16′21″N 80°54′54″W / 39.27250°N 80.91500°W / 39.27250; -80.91500
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Toll Gate, West Virginia
Toll Gate, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Toll Gate, West Virginia
Toll Gate, West Virginia
Toll Gate, West Virginia is located in the United States
Toll Gate, West Virginia
Toll Gate, West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°16′21″N 80°54′54″W / 39.27250°N 80.91500°W / 39.27250; -80.91500
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRitchie
Elevation
804 ft (245 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
26442
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1555815[1]

Toll Gate is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. Toll Gate is 3 miles (4.8 km) east-southeast of Pennsboro.

The community was named after a tollgate near the original town site.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Toll Gate". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 628.