Griffithsville | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Church of Christ
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Coordinates: 38°14′19″N 81°59′21″W / 38.23861°N 81.98917°WCoordinates: 38°14′19″N 81°59′21″W / 38.23861°N 81.98917°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Lincoln |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
ZIP codes | 25521 |
Griffithsville is an unincorporated community in eastern Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 3 southeast of the town of Hamlin, the county seat of Lincoln County. Its elevation is 659 feet (201 m). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 25521. It also has a Middle School, two greenhouses, and a Christmas tree farm owned and operated by Larry & Syble Wilkerson and Jeff & Landin Harper. Griffithsville wasn't always small though. In the early 1900s, Griffithsville was a booming oil town. It had boarding houses, several stores, a movie theater, and a Pennzoil pumping station. The present day post office used to be Oil Field National Bank.