Berea (also Seven-Day Mill or Seventh Day Settlement) 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 southeastern
Ritchie County,
West Virginia
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, United States. It lies along
West Virginia Route 74 southeast of the town of
Harrisville, the
county seat
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of Ritchie County. Its elevation is 751 feet (229 m). Although it is unincorporated nor has a
post office
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, the
ZIP code is 26327. Postal customers are serviced by the
Harrisville and
Auburn post office
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s.
The community was named after the city of
Berea, mentioned in the Bible.
References
Unincorporated communities in Ritchie County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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