Mount Clare, West Virginia
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|subdivision_name2 = Harrison
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|postal_code = 26408
|area_code = 304 & 681
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Mount Clare is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Clare is {{convert|4.5|mi|km}} south of Clarksburg. Mount Clare has a post office with ZIP code 26408.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=26408&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup]
History
The community was named after Mount Clare Shops in Baltimore.{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=459;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=431}} The Quiet Dell School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
References
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{{Harrison County, West Virginia}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Harrison County, West Virginia
Category:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Category:Coal towns in West Virginia
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