Addressing
Over the past decade, the Monongalia County Office of Emergency
Management has been providing City-Style Addressing to our community.
An example of the address conversion would be ... Route 3, Box 336 to
145 Wilson Ridge Road. The motivating factor behind this project
was the need to provide the timeliest emergency services response
possible. However, with multiple Maple Avenues and First Streets
throughout the county, this was not always the case. Therefore,
the Office of Emergency Management and Post Office worked together to
establish and implement standards for the assigning of addresses in our
county.
The goal of the addressing project has been: providing proper,
structured naming and numbering of all structures in Monongalia County;
to avoid duplicate names; to avoid similar sounding names and to follow
the established numbering regulations, leaving allowances for
development and re-naming of roads if deemed necessary. Who does
this help? 9-1-1 Telecommunicators, fire departments, law
enforcement, medical personnel, postal carriers, deliver personnel,
utility workers, school bus drivers, and... YOU! Remember -- we
can't dispatch an ambulance to your post office box!
Addressing Advisory Committee
The Monongalia County Address Advisory Committee was formed by the
Monongalia County Commission in 1996 for the purpose of advising and
coordinating policies for the naming of new roads and addressing within
Monongalia County. The Committee consists of representatives
from the Office of Emergency Management, Postal Service, Department of
Highways, Morgantown Utility Board, Monongalia County Clerk's Office and
cooperative municipalities. This Committee is responsible for
reviewing road name requests, etc.
What can you do?
By posting your new house number on your house itself
and also at a conspicuous place along the road [if your structure is
more than 50 feet from the road] you can gain a substantial advantage in
times of an emergency.
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Post your new number on the structure itself.
When a house is some distance from a road, or when view of the house
is blocked by trees or shrubs, house numbers should be on a sign
attached to a tree, fence, gate or lawn stake.
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On a corner lot, the house number should face the
street named in the address.
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Your house number should also be on the mailbox
as well as the house to help out your mail carrier.
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Numbers or letters should be of a contrasting
color to the background on which they are mounted. If possible
the numbers should be reflective so that they are easily visible at
night.
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Residence numbers should be 4 inches high and
should be plain block numerals, not script or written numbers.