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Caress is an
unincorporated communityIn law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
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Braxton County,
West VirginiaWest Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
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United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Toponymy
Caress appears to be the only place in the United States with this name. It was named by its first postmaster, Harrison Mollohan, for no particular reason after the Post Office Department rejected the name "Hall".