Carl 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 Nicholas County, in the U.S. state of

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History

A post office called Carl was established in 1907, and remained in operation until 1952. The community was named after the child of a local postmaster.

References

Unincorporated communities in Nicholas County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{NicholasCountyWV-geo-stub