Jere is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.
Jere, West Virginia | |
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  Location of Jere in West Virginia  Jere, West Virginia (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°40′01″N 80°02′07″W / 39.66694°N 80.03528°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  West Virginia |
| County |  Monongalia |
| Elevation | 286 m (938 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 304 & 681 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1554804[1] |
| Other names | Scottsdale[1] |
The community's name most likely is derived from Jeremiah.[2]
In her efforts to improve living conditions in the area during the 1930s, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, "I took many, many people to see this village of Jere, West Virginia, along Scott's Run, for it was a good example of what absentee ownership could do as far as human beings were concerned."[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jere, West Virginia. Retrieved on 2008-06-28.
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 335.
- ^ Cook, Blanche Wiesen (1999). Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume Two 1933–1938. Viking Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-670-84498-5.
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