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Alderson

Alderson is a town in Greenbrier and counties in the U.S. state of , on both sides of the . The population was 975 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Village with 1,180 residents
  • Description: town in West Virginia, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Alderson, West Virginia”, “Alderson, WV”, and “Aldersons Ferry”
  • Postal code: 24910

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alderson station and Johnson Island.

Railway station
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is an Amtrak station in Alderson, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. It is located at 1 C&O Plaza, and functions as a request stop.

Islet
is a bar in the at its confluence with Muddy Creek in Alderson, , United States. The lies in , with the Alderson Federal Prison Camp located to its southwest across the county line in .

Prison
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The Federal Prison Camp, Alderson is a minimum-security United States federal prison for female inmates in . It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palestine and Glenray.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located along the northeast border of Alderson.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on the south bank of the , west of Alderson.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located along the and West Virginia routes 3 and 12, west of Alderson. is situated 2 miles west of Alderson.

Alderson

Latitude
37.7295° or 37° 43′ 46″ north
Longitude
-80.64276° or 80° 38′ 34″ west
Population
1,180
Elevation
1,549 feet (472 metres)
Open location code
869XP9H4+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10313254139
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4797041
Wiki­data ID
Q2019793
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Alderson” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألدرسن”
  • Catalan: “Alderson”
  • Cebuano: “Alderson”
  • Chechen: “Олдерсон”
  • Chinese: “Alderson”
  • Chinese: “奥尔德森”
  • Dutch: “Alderson”
  • French: “Alderson”
  • German: “Alderson”
  • Gilaki: “آلدرسون (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “آلدرسون”
  • Hungarian: “Alderson”
  • Italian: “Alderson”
  • Japanese: “アルダーソン”
  • Japanese: “オルダーソン”
  • Ladin: “Alderson”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alderson”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alderson”
  • Norwegian: “Alderson”
  • Persian: “آلدرسون، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “آلدرسون”
  • Polish: “Alderson”
  • Portuguese: “Alderson”
  • Serbian: “Алдерсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alderson, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alderson”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلدرزون، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Alderson (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Alderson”
  • Tatar: “Олдерсон”
  • Ukrainian: “Олдерсон”
  • Volapük: “Alderson”
  • Welsh: “Alderson, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Alderson”

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Highlights include Old Greenbrier Baptist Church and Alderson Public Library.

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