Dorcas, West Virginia
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Dorcas is an unincorporated community in Grant County
, West Virginia
, USA. Dorcas lies at the junction of County Routes 9 and 9/2. The name Dorcas is said to have been given to the community after the daughter of a former postmaster. The post office in Dorcas closed in the early 1980s or later 1970s and still sits along South Mill Creek Rd. All mail for the community's residents now comes through nearby Petersburg, the county seat, with which Dorcas shares a ZIP Code.
Across the road from the defunct post office sits Dorcas Elementary School, the smallest of the five schools in Grant County. This 1-6 school of approximately 115 students is a hub of the community serving as a practice facility for youth sports teams and a meeting location for local groups and charities. The school also makes and sells kettle-made applebutter every fall and hosts a homemade ice cream social each spring.
Dorcas is also the home of the Spring Run Trout Hatchery operated by the WV Department of Natural Resources. The hatchery stocks streams and lakes across the state with trout helping to fuel West Virginia's tourism and recreational fishing industries.
Grant County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,299 people, 4,591 households, and 3,273 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile . There were 6,105 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...
, West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, USA. Dorcas lies at the junction of County Routes 9 and 9/2. The name Dorcas is said to have been given to the community after the daughter of a former postmaster. The post office in Dorcas closed in the early 1980s or later 1970s and still sits along South Mill Creek Rd. All mail for the community's residents now comes through nearby Petersburg, the county seat, with which Dorcas shares a ZIP Code.
Across the road from the defunct post office sits Dorcas Elementary School, the smallest of the five schools in Grant County. This 1-6 school of approximately 115 students is a hub of the community serving as a practice facility for youth sports teams and a meeting location for local groups and charities. The school also makes and sells kettle-made applebutter every fall and hosts a homemade ice cream social each spring.
Dorcas is also the home of the Spring Run Trout Hatchery operated by the WV Department of Natural Resources. The hatchery stocks streams and lakes across the state with trout helping to fuel West Virginia's tourism and recreational fishing industries.