Quick, West Virginia
Quick, West Virginia | |
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  Quick Location within West Virginia and the United States  Quick Quick (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°22′21″N 81°24′07″W / 38.37250°N 81.40194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Kanawha |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1545346[1] |
Quick is a small unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Indian Creek Road (County Route 49).[2] The community is where Whitoak Fork and Blue Creek come together and meet. It is also where the abandoned railroad that follows Blue Creek joins the road, and follows it all the way to the community of Hitop, along Pond Fork. Its post office [3] is closed.
The community includes a church and community center, and a few other small community places.
Quick Community Center was originally a junior high school in the 1940s. In the early 1960s, Quick Junior High became Quick Elementary and it housed students from grades 1 to 3. In the early 1980s the elementary school was closed. It was a few years afterward that the build was utilized as a community center.
Quick Road was built and upgraded during the Great Depression by the WPA Program.
Etymology
Quick most likely was named after the local Quick family.[4] Some members of the Quick family are buried at Quick Community Cemetery.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quick, West Virginia
- ^ Coleman West Virginia Atlas and Gazetteer
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quick WV post office
- ^ 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. 514.
