Berea | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of West Virginia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Ritchie |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 83 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 39.1364°N -80.9336°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 26327 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Berea (also Seven-Day Mill or Seventh Day Settlement) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 74 southeast of the town of Harrisville, the county seat of Ritchie County.[2] Its elevation is 751 feet (229 m).[3] Although it is unincorporated nor has a post office, the ZIP code is 26327.[4] Postal customers are serviced by the Harrisville and Auburn post offices.
The community was named after the city of Berea, mentioned in the Bible.[5]