Pliny 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 Putnam County,

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, United States. It was named for M. Pliny Brown, an early settler. The ZIP code is 25158. Located near Pliny is Maplewood, listed on the

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in 2000.

Notable person

* Virginia Mae Brown, set many "first woman" records

References

Unincorporated communities in Putnam County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia metropolitan area Populated places on the Kanawha River {{PutnamCountyWV-geo-stub