Greer, West Virginia

Greer is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States.

Greer
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°49′10″N 82°1′49″W / 38.81944°N 82.03028°W / 38.81944; -82.03028
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Mason
Elevation	728 ft (222 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID	1539730^[1]

The community derives its name from the local Greer Limestone Company.^[2]

The Mississippian tetrapod Greererpeton burkemorani was named after this community by Alfred Romer in 1969.^[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greer, West Virginia
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. 285.
3. Smithson, T.R. (September 1982). "The cranial morphology of Greererpeton burkernorani Romer (Amphibia:Temnospondyli)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 76: 29–90. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1982.tb01955.x.