Arnoldsburg (also Arnoldsburgh) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Calhoun County,

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, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 33 at the point where

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heads southward; it is several miles south of the

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of Grantsville. Its elevation is 738 feet (225 m). The

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flows through the community. It has a

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with the ZIP code 25234. Arnoldsburg derives its name from Charles Arnold, a local schoolteacher.

References

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