Official Name: | Alloy, West Virginia |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Alloy |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fayette |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 659 |
Coordinates: | 38.1375°N -81.2742°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 25002 |
Area Codes: | 304 & 681 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1553716 |
Alloy is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Alloy is located along the Kanawha River and U.S. Route 60, 5miles southwest of Gauley Bridge. Alloy was originally known as Boncar (anagram of carbon) until the mid-1930s. Both the original placename and the current placename refer to the ferroalloy plant[1] that still operates here (producing about 30% of all the silicon metal in North America). The metals plant was originally the Electro Metallurgical Co.; a unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. Alloy has a post office with ZIP code 25002.[2]