Bernie was an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States.
It lies along Parsner Creek West Virginia on Lincoln County Route 40/1.
[3] It had a post office[4] that was approved June 12, 1893[5] but then closed on January 8, 1962;[6] there were four Post Masters and the USGS maps of that era show Bernie on West Virginia, Lincoln County, Hager Quad at Location DD: 38.180373, -82.0117982.
The first post office was originally proposed to be named "Pin Hook", but was changed to the unincorporated community name of Bernie with an estimated population of 200 according to the initial post office application and was located on the property of S.A. Egnor,[7][unreliable source?]
and was later moved approximately 1,800 feet to the property of Alamander Elkins, because he had free gas for heat, on June 16, 1897,[8][unreliable source?]