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West Virginia Route 129

state highway in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ2508634 ↗
Source-derived summary

West Virginia Route 129 is an east–west state highway located in central West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 39 in Drennen. The eastern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 41 in Mount Nebo.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Nicholas County.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “West Virginia Route 129” as state highway in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around West, Virginia and Route.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 52-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with West, Virginia and Route providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “West Virginia Route 129”, the useful work is to connect “state highway in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2508634. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “West Virginia Route 129”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow West Virginia Route 129 primary sources, West Virginia Route 129 archive and West research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “West Virginia Route 129”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “West Virginia Route 129” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.