Arbovale, West Virginia
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|subdivision_name2 = Pocahontas
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
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|postal_code = 24915{{cite web |url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action |title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code |accessdate=2012-02-15 |author=United States Postal Service |year=2012}}
|area_codes = 304 & 681
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|blank_info = 1553737{{gnis|1553737}}
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Arbovale is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Arbovale is {{convert|12|mi|km}} south of Durbin. Arbovale had a post office, which closed on March 3, 2007.{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=September 26, 2011|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}}
Arbovale derives its name from Adam Arbogast, who settled in the vale where the town site is situated.{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=111|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=83}}
Climate
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Arbovale has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=942064&cityname=Arbovale%2C+West+Virginia%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Arbovale, West Virginia]
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Category:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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