Heaters, West Virginia

Heaters
Unincorporated community
Heaters Heaters Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°45′42″N 80°38′29″W / 38.76167°N 80.64139°WCoordinates: 38°45′42″N 80°38′29″W / 38.76167°N 80.64139°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Braxton
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	26627

Heaters is a small unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Heaters is situated about three miles north of Flatwoods on U.S. Route 19, which is a paved two-lane road. Access to I-79 is at Flatwoods. Heater's has a United States Postal Service post office and the ZIP Code is 26627.

Heaters has no stoplight, no gas station, nor a general store. It used to have two bars, "The Boardwalk" and "Nancy's," both of which are now closed. The Boardwalk has become a restaurant, and Nancy's closed outright.

History

The community was named after the local Heater family.^[1]

Cemeteries

Squires Cemetery: NE of Heaters. About 38°45'47.0"N 80°37'17.2"W (38.763052, -80.621443) The headstones are in the north and west part of this small Squires Cemetery accessible from a gas well road to the south.

References

1. 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. 303.