Canterbury
Canterbury is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office is closed. The community was named for the English city of Canterbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Canterbury, West Virginia” and “Canterbury, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area.
Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area
Park
Photo: Bitmapped, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area is located between Dingess and Lenore in Mingo County, West Virginia. Located on 12,856 acres of steep terrain with narrow valleys and ridgetops, the WMA contains second growth mixed hardwoods and hemlock with thick understory of mountain laurel and rhododendron. Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area is situated 2 miles northeast of Canterbury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rapp and Lenore.
Rapp
Hamlet
Rapp is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Their Post Office no longer exists.
Lenore
Hamlet
Lenore is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Lenore is located on West Virginia Route 65, 7.5 miles southeast of Kermit. Lenore has a post office with ZIP code 25676. Lenore is situated 2½ miles southwest of Canterbury.
Ajax
Hamlet
Ajax is an unincorporated community located in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. It was previously known as Himler because it was founded as a company town by the Himler Coal Company. Ajax is situated 3 miles southwest of Canterbury.
Canterbury
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Mingo, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.82149° or 37° 49′ 17″ northLongitude
-82.25681° or 82° 15′ 25″ westElevation
676 feet (206 metres)Open location code
869VRPCV+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 153861775OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Canterbury” goes by many names.
- French: “Canterbury”
- Irish: “Canterbury”
- Persian: “کانتربری، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “کانتربری”
- Spanish: “Canterbury”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zion Church and Canterbury Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Canterbury”. Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.