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Country
  
United States

County
  
Hampshire

ZIP codes
  
25431

Local time
  
Thursday 9:36 AM

State
  
West Virginia

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1541801

Population
  
147 (2000)

Levels, West Virginia

Weather
  
-4°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 60% Humidity

Levels is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Levels community has a population of 147. It is home to John J. Cornwell Elementary School.

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Map of Levels, WV 26763, USA

The community was so named on account of the relatively level original town site. Levels was originally known as Levels Cross Roads because of its location at the intersection of four roads in north-central Hampshire County: Bright's Hollow Road (County Route 5/5) north to Okonoko, Little Cacapon-Levels Road (County Route 3/3) southeast to Slanesville, Jersey Mountain Road (County Route 5) south to Romney, and Frenches Station Road (County Route 5/7) northwest to South Branch Depot.

Notable residents

  • Howard Llewellyn Swisher (1870–1945), American businessperson, real estate developer, and historian

    • Churches

  • Church of the Brethren
  • Capon Chapel Church of the Brethren, Little Cacapon-Levels Road (CR 3/3)
  • Oak Grove Church of the Brethren, Jersey Mountain Road (CR 5)
  • Methodist
  • Levels United Methodist Church, Jersey Mountain Road (CR 5)

    • References

    Levels, West Virginia Wikipedia
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