Dial 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 Kanawha County,

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, United States. The community most likely was named after an early settler.

References

Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Unincorporated communities in Kanawha County, West Virginia Populated places on the Elk River (West Virginia) {{KanawhaCountyWV-geo-stub