Saxman
Saxman was an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Saxman is 3.5 miles west-southwest of Richwood. It is now a ghost town, and the Saxman post office is also gone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Saxman, West Virginia” and “Saxman, WV”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fenwick and Holcomb.
Fenwick
Hamlet
Fenwick is a census-designated place in eastern Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States, adjacent to and immediately west of Richwood. As of the 2020 census, its population was 69. Fenwick is situated 1½ miles northeast of Saxman.
Holcomb
Hamlet
Holcomb is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Holcomb is located on state routes 20 and 55, 4.5 miles northwest of Richwood. Holcomb was named in honor of John Holcomb, a local merchant. Holcomb is situated 3 miles north of Saxman.
Richwood
Photo: Youngamerican, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Richwood is a city of 1,900 people in West Virginia. It used to be a lumber town - hence the name - Richwood now bills itself as a mountain vacation getaway and a convenient entry point to the Monongahela National Forest and the Cranberry Wilderness.
Saxman
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Nicholas, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.20984° or 38° 12′ 35″ northLongitude
-80.59703° or 80° 35′ 49″ westElevation
2,247 feet (685 metres)Open location code
86CX6C53+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 153957695OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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“Saxman” goes by many names.
- French: “Saxman”
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