Back Qrin Benk (Qərbi Virciniya) Azerbaijani Грин-Банк (Малхбузен Виргини) CE Green Bank (lungsod) CEB Green Bank German Green Bank Spanish گرین بنک، ویرجینیای غربی Persian Green Bank French Կրին Պանք HYW Green Bank Italian グリーンバンク (ウェストバージニア州) Japanese
Green Bank | |
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  Green Bank Location within the state of West Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 38°25′12″N 79°49′53″W / 38.42000°N 79.83139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Pocahontas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.276 sq mi (8.48 km2) |
| • Land | 3.276 sq mi (8.48 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 141 |
| • Density | 43/sq mi (17/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 24944 |
Green Bank is a census-designated place in Pocahontas County in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands inside the Allegheny Mountain Range. Green Bank is located along WV 28. Green Bank is home to the Green Bank Observatory and is also close to the Snowshoe Mountain ski resort. As of the 2020 census, its population was 141.[3]
The community was named for a green riverbank near the original town site.[4]
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ "Green Bank CDP, West Virginia - Census Bureau Profile". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- ^ 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. 282.