Atlas
Atlas is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Atlas, West Virginia” and “Atlas, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Upshur County Regional Airport.
Upshur County Regional Airport
Aerodrome
Upshur County Regional Airport is a regional, public-use airport approximately 2 nautical miles outside the town of Buckhannon, Upshur County, in the United States. Upshur County Regional Airport is situated 1½ miles north of Atlas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Red Rock and Lorentz.
Red Rock
Hamlet
Red Rock is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. It is located about 4.5 kilometres northeast of the county seat of Buckhannon, West Virginia. Red Rock is situated 2½ miles north of Atlas.
Lorentz
Hamlet
Lorentz is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. Lorentz is located on U.S. routes 33 and 119, 4 miles west-northwest of Buckhannon. Lorentz is situated 2½ miles northwest of Atlas.
Buckhannon
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Buckhannon is a city of 5,725 people in West Virginia, and the only incorporated community in Upshur County. It was established in 1816 and named for Buckongahelas, a Native American chief of the Lenni-Lenape tribe who often hunted around the area, and whose name was often mispronounced by English settlers as "Buckongehanon".
Atlas
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Upshur, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.97753° or 38° 58′ 39″ northLongitude
-80.27953° or 80° 16′ 46″ westElevation
1,447 feet (441 metres)Open location code
86CXXPHC+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 154337491OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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