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Check, Virginia

Check is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 221, 12.1 miles (19.5 km) northeast of Floyd. Check has a post office with ZIP code 24072, which opened on July 23, 1883. The origin of the name "Check" is obscure.

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Check, Virginia
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Coordinates: 37°02′05″N 80°09′56″W / 37.03472°N 80.16556°W / 37.03472; -80.16556
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyFloyd
Elevation
2,582 ft (787 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
24072
Area code540
GNIS feature ID14647621

Check is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 221, 12.1 miles (19.5 km) northeast of Floyd. Check has a post office with ZIP code 24072, which opened on July 23, 1883.2 The origin of the name "Check" is obscure.3

Check contains a primary school, Check Elementary School, which is located in the old Check High School building.4

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  1. "Check". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
    - "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  3. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 141 – via HathiTrust digital library.
  4. "Check Elementary School". Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.