Giatto, West Virginia

Giatto, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°25′03″N 81°15′21″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Mercer
Elevation	2,395 ft (730 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1554550[1]

Giatto is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Giatto is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Matoaka.

The community was named after Giotto, an Italian artist (a recording error by postal officials accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected).^[2]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Giatto, West Virginia
2. 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. 266.