Home Ghostly tale of Burnt House lives through strange W.Va. town name Burnt House, WV, shown in 1906 Map

Burnt House, WV, shown in 1906 Map

The legend of the village of Burnt House is linked to one of the state's favorite old ghost stories.

Burnt House, WV, appears along Grass Run, a tributary of the South Fork of the Hughes River, in a 1906 Topographic Map.

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