The community most likely was named for their green land at and around the original town site.[2]
Notable peopleedit
Notable people that were born or lived in Greenland include:
Quinn McNemar (1901–1986), psychologist and statistician
Referencesedit
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greenland, West Virginia
^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. 284.
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