Yards, Virginia and West Virginia

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Yards
Unincorporated community
Yards is located in West Virginia
Yards
Yards
Location within the state of West Virginia
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Country United States
States Virginia and West Virginia
County Tazewell (Virginia) and Mercer (West Virginia)
Elevation 2,382 ft (726 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID 1477028[1]

Yards is an unincorporated community straddling the border between Tazewell County, Virginia and Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Yards is located on the Bluestone River, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Bluefield, Virginia. Yards had a post office on the Virginia side of the border from 1888 until May 28, 1994.[2] The community was named for its railroad yards.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yards, Virginia and West Virginia
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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