St. Clara, West Virginia | |
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  St. Clara Location within the state of West Virginia Show map of West Virginia St. Clara St. Clara (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°7′19″N 80°41′14″W / 39.12194°N 80.68722°W / 39.12194; -80.68722 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  West Virginia |
| County |  Doddridge |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1555554U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: St. Clara, West Virginia |
St. Clara is an unincorporated community in central Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 850 feet (254 m).[1]
Joseph H. Diss Debar founded the German-Swiss immigrant colony and named it after his first wife, Clara Levassor.[2][3] Located at St. Clara is the Gamsjager-Wysong Farm, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[4]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: St. Clara, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2011-06-21.
- Allen, Bernard L. ""Joseph H. Diss Debar." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia". www.wvencyclopedia.org. West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
- Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 548.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.