Alloy, West Virginia

Alloy is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Alloy is located along the Kanawha River and U.S. Route 60, 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Gauley Bridge. Alloy was originally known as Boncar (anagram of carbon) until the mid-1930s. Both the original placename and the current placename refer to the ferroalloy plant^[2] that still operates here (producing about 30% of all the silicon metal in North America). The metals plant was originally the Electro Metallurgical Co.; a unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. Alloy has a post office with ZIP code 25002.^[3]

Alloy, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
A Norfolk Southern train in Alloy
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Coordinates: 38°08′15″N 81°16′27″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Fayette
Elevation	659 ft (201 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	25002
Area codes	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1553716[1]

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  Postmark from Alloy
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  Post office
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  Union Carbide plant in Alloy, 1975
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  Sign at mine