Check, Virginia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States}}

{{use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}

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|area_code = 540

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Check is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 221, {{convert|12.1|mi|km}} northeast of Floyd. Check has a post office with ZIP code 24072, which opened on July 23, 1883.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=February 15, 2012|publisher=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}
- {{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=August 21, 2012|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}} The origin of the name "Check" is obscure.{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=145|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=141|via=HathiTrust digital library}}

Check contains a primary school, Check Elementary School, which is located in the old Check High School building.{{cite web|title=Check Elementary School|url=http://intranet.floyd.k12.va.us/checkel/CES/CES.htm|accessdate=November 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112044334/http://intranet.floyd.k12.va.us/checkel/CES/CES.htm|archivedate=November 12, 2013}}