Tague, West Virginia

Tague
Unincorporated community
Tague Show map of West Virginia Tague Show map of the US Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°42′6″N 80°54′55″W / 38.70167°N 80.91528°W / 38.70167; -80.91528Coordinates: 38°42′6″N 80°54′55″W / 38.70167°N 80.91528°W / 38.70167; -80.91528
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Braxton
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Tague is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, along the Right Fork Steer Creek.^[1] The community took its name from nearby Tague Fork creek.^[2] A post office was established in Tague in 1911, but was downgraded as an independent rural station of Frametown. It is believed to be the only location in the United States with that name.

References

↑ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 45. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
↑ 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. 618.

Municipalities and communities of Braxton County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Sutton

Towns	Burnsville Flatwoods Gassaway Sutton

Unincorporated communities	Arnett Bison Bonnie Canfield Caress Centralia Chapel Clem Copen Corley Cutlips Dingy Duck Dutch Elmira Exchange Falls Mill Flower Frametown Gem Gip Glendon Heaters Herold Home Hyers Joppa Letch Little Birch Little Otter Napier Newville Orlando‡ Riffle Rollyson Rosedale Servia Strange Creek Tague Tesla Thrash Two Lick Run Vernon Waggy‡ Wilsie

Ghost towns	Bower Palmer Sleith

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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