Baileysville is a former town in Wyoming County, West Virginia

Wyoming County, West Virginia

Wyoming County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,796. Its county seat is Pineville. Wyoming County was created in 1850 from Logan County and named for the Delaware Indian word meaning "large plains."-Geography:According to the U.S...

. Most of the town was purchased by the United States Army

United States Army

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 Corps of Engineers

United States Army Corps of Engineers

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 in the 1960s and 1970s for construction of the R. D. Bailey Lake

R. D. Bailey Lake

R. D. Bailey Lake is located on the Guyandotte River in Wyoming and Mingo Counties in West Virginia, east of Justice. Originally referred to as Justice Reservoir, the lake was named by Congressional action, Public Law 90-46, on July 4, 1967 for the late Robert D. Bailey, Sr., a prominent jurist,...

. The Post Office

Post office

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 was closed in 1973. The geographic name lived on in the local high school

High school

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, Baileysville High School

Baileysville High School

Baileysville High School was a high school located in Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was closed in 2002 after consolidating with nearby Oceana High School to form Westside High School....

, which served a regional area and was actually located outside of the town proper. The school was closed in 2002 after consolidating with nearby Oceana High

Oceana High School (West Virginia)

Oceana High School was a high school located in Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was closed in 2002 after consolidating with nearby Baileysville High School to form Westside High School....

 to form Westside High School

Westside High School (West Virginia)

Westside High School is a consolidated regional high school in Clear Fork, West Virginia serving the western half of Wyoming County, West Virginia...

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