Brohard (also Hartley or Hartley Brohard) is an
unincorporated community
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in
Ritchie and
Wirt counties in the
U.S. state
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of
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...
. Its elevation is 965 feet (294 m).
[, ]Geographic Names Information System
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, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-04-23. Brohard had a
post office
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, which closed on November 2, 2002.
M. M. Brohard, a local merchant, gave the community his name.
References
Unincorporated communities in Ritchie County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Wirt County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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