A variant name was Ivanhoe; the present name is in honor of Hampton Fisher.[2] A post office called Ivanhoe was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1976.[3]
ReferencesEdit
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hampton, 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. 331.
^"Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
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