Ansted
Ansted is a town in Fayette County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The population was 1,303 at the 2020 census. It is situated on high bluffs along U.S. Route 60 on a portion of the Midland Trail near Hawks Nest overlooking the New River far below.
- Type: Village with 1,590 residents
- Description: town in Fayette County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Ansted, West Virginia”, “Ansted, WV”, “New Haven”, and “Woodville”
- Postal code: 25812
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hawks Nest State Park and Mystery Hole.
Hawks Nest State Park
Park
Photo: NKS22, Public domain.Mystery Hole
The Mystery Hole is a roadside attraction… Mystery Hole is situated 2½ miles west of Ansted.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victor and Gaymont.
Victor
Hamlet
Victor is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Hawks Nest
Hamlet
Hawk's Nest, the site of Hawks Nest State Park… Hawks Nest is situated 1½ miles southwest of Ansted.
Ansted
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.13641° or 38° 8′ 11″ north
Longitude
-81.09943° or 81° 5′ 58″ west
Population
1,590
Elevation
1,319 feet (402 metres)
Open location code
86CW4WP2+H6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Ansted” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أنستيد”
- Basque: “Ansted”
- Bulgarian: “Анстед”
- Catalan: “Ansted”
- Cebuano: “Ansted”
- Chechen: “Анстед”
- Dutch: “Ansted”
- Egyptian Arabic: “انستيد”
- French: “Ansted”
- German: “Ansted”
- Gilaki: “انستد (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “انستد”
- Hungarian: “Ansted”
- Italian: “Ansted”
- Ladin: “Ansted”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ansted”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ansted”
- Norwegian: “Ansted”
- Persian: “انستد”
- Polish: “Ansted”
- Portuguese: “Ansted”
- Russian: “Анстед”
- Serbian: “Ansted, West Virginia”
- Serbian: “Ansted”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ansted, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ansted”
- South Azerbaijani: “آنزتد، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Ansted”
- Tatar: “Анстед”
- Ukrainian: “Анстед”
- Urdu: “اینسٹیڈ، مغربی ورجینیا”
- Volapük: “Ansted”
- Welsh: “Ansted, Gorllewin Virginia”
- Welsh: “Ansted”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Hopewell and MacDougal.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ansted Public Library and Ansted Baptist Church.
West Virginia: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Charleston and Huntington.
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