Posted in West Virginia
February 12, 2017
Blink And You’ll Miss These 13 Teeny Tiny Towns In West Virginia
Some of the best towns in West Virginia are tiny communities so small that most people don’t even know they exist. That doesn’t stop the cozy and neighborly feeling you get when you live there. Here are a few interesting little towns with populations of about a thousand or fewer.
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Glen Jean is the headquarters of New River Gorge National River. The former Bank of Glen Jean now functions as a visitor contact center. Glen Jean is also home to the The Summit Bechtel Reserve, Boy Scouts of America's national high adventure base.
The town of Birch River has a population of 107, and is named after the Birch River nearby.
War is the Southernmost city in West Virginia, and the only place in the United States with this name. Its name comes from the War Creek nearby.
This quiet little town has a population of just 362.
This town is named after Samuel Cameron, a railroad worker. It has a historical beach-style swimming pool, and a historic district with architecture in the Classical Revival and Colonial Revival styles.
Middleway is also known as "Wizard Clip" and has some unusual ghost stories.
Itmann is a former mining town, and home to the historic Itmann Company Store and Office. It also has a welding shop that fabricates escalators for local mines.
This former manufacturing town is home to a number of historic buildings.
Kimball is the site of the first war memorial building dedicated to the African-American veterans of World War I. It was also the home of Tracy Gravely, a former Canadian Football League linebacker, Barney Brown, a Negro league pitcher from 1931-1949, and Jean Battlo, a West Virginia playwright.
Green Spring has some historic churches, the Green Spring Train Station, and one of only 17 privately owned toll bridges in the United States.
Vivian was home to the Peerless Coal Company Store, built in 1921.
The city was named for the beautiful hills in the area. Belmont translates to "beautiful mountain." It's home to the Pleasants Power Plant.
Shenandoah Junction has a historic post office and is home to West Virginia's oldest surviving wood frame structure, the Peter Burr House, built around 1751. The name refers to the junction of the B&O and Norfolk and Western Railway at the center of this railroad town.
For more interesting small towns in West Virginia, try this small town road trip.
