Yards, Virginia and West Virginia

Yards is an unincorporated community straddling the border between Tazewell County, Virginia and Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Yards is located on the Bluestone River, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Bluefield, Virginia. Yards had a post office on the Virginia side of the border from 1888 until May 28, 1994.^[2] The community was named for its railroad yards.^[3]

Yards
Unincorporated community
Yards Location within the state of West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Yards Yards (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 37°17′32″N 81°18′36″W / 37.29222°N 81.31000°W / 37.29222; -81.31000
Country	United States
States	Virginia and West Virginia
County	Tazewell (Virginia) and Mercer (West Virginia)
Elevation	2,382 ft (726 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1477028^[1]

References edit

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yards, Virginia and West Virginia
^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
^ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names And Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 166. ISBN 9781570722561.

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