Chloe is an

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Calhoun County Calhoun County is the name of several counties in the United States of America named after U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun: * Calhoun County, Alabama * Calhoun County, Arkansas * Calhoun County, Florida * Calhoun County, Georgia * Calhoun Cou ...

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, United States. It lies along

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and the

West Fork Little Kanawha River The West Fork Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Little Kanawha River, long, in west-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an ...

, to the south of the towns of Grantsville (the

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) and Arnoldsburg. Its elevation is 794 feet (242 m). It has a

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with the ZIP code 25235.USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
The name Chloe comes from Chloe Stampehl, a local folk legend who founded a nearby unnamed town and was involved in the separation of

from

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during the

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Unincorporated communities in Calhoun County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{CalhounCountyWV-geo-stub