Bancroft
Bancroft is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The population was 389 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 389 residents
- Description: town in West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Bancroft, West Virginia”, “Bancroft, WV”, and “Energetic”
- Postal code: 25011
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plymouth and Black Betsey.
Plymouth
Locality
Plymouth is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The town is located north of the mouth of Guano Creek on the Kanawha River along West Virginia Route 62.
Black Betsey
Neighborhood
Black Betsy is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The town is located on the east bank of the Kanawha River on West Virginia Route 62.
Hometown
Village
Hometown is a census-designated place in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 556. The community is located along the Kanawha River on West Virginia Route 62. Hometown is situated 2 miles northwest of Bancroft.
Bancroft
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Putnam, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.50954° or 38° 30′ 34″ northLongitude
-81.83986° or 81° 50′ 24″ westPopulation
389Elevation
591 feet (180 metres)Open location code
86CWG556+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 153889759OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4797838Wikidata ID
Q3315929
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Bancroft” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بانكروفت”
- Basque: “Bancroft”
- Catalan: “Bancroft”
- Cebuano: “Bancroft”
- Chechen: “Бенкрофт”
- Chinese: “Bancroft”
- Dutch: “Bancroft”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بانكروفت، ويست ڤيرچينيا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بانكروفت”
- French: “Bancroft”
- German: “Bancroft”
- Gilaki: “بنکرافت (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “بنکرافت”
- Hungarian: “Bancroft”
- Italian: “Bancroft”
- Ladin: “Bancroft”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bancroft”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bancroft”
- Norwegian: “Bancroft”
- Persian: “بنکرفت”
- Polish: “Bancroft”
- Portuguese: “Bancroft”
- Serbian: “Банкрофт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bancroft, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bancroft”
- South Azerbaijani: “بانکروفت، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Bancroft”
- Swedish: “Bancroft, West Virginia”
- Swedish: “Bancroft”
- Tatar: “Бенкрофт”
- Ukrainian: “Бенкрофт”
- Volapük: “Bancroft, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Bancroft”
- Welsh: “Bancroft, Gorllewin Virginia”
- Welsh: “Bancroft”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bancroft Post Office and Bancroft Town Park.
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