Chelyan
Chelyan is a census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Chelyan is located on the south bank of the Kanawha River, southeast of Chesapeake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 681 residents
- Description: census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Chelyan, West Virginia”, “Chelyan, WV”, “Chyelan”, “Peerless”, and “Slaughters Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Admiral T. J. Lopez Bridge and Riverside High School.
Admiral T. J. Lopez Bridge
Bridge
The Admiral T. J. Lopez Bridge is a truss bridge crossing the Kanawha River at Chelyan, West Virginia, named for 4-star admiral Thomas J. Lopez. The Warren truss bridge cost $25.9 million to build, and was opened to traffic on June 30, 1997.
Riverside High School
School
Riverside High School is the largest high school in Kanawha County, and is located in Belle, West Virginia, United States.
Good Shepherd Church
Church
Photo: Magnolia677, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Good Shepherd Church, also known as Good Shepherd Mission, is a historic Roman Catholic church at SR 61 SW of East Bank Coalburg, Kanawha County, West Virginia. Good Shepherd Church is situated 2 miles northeast of Chelyan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dickinson and Cabin Creek.
Dickinson
Hamlet
Dickinson, also known as Quincy, is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Dickinson is located on the north bank of the Kanawha River, 3 miles southeast of Belle.
Cabin Creek
Hamlet
Cabin Creek is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Cabin Creek is located on the south bank of the Kanawha River at the mouth of Cabin Creek, southeast of Chesapeake.
Shrewsbury
Village
Shrewsbury is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Shrewsbury is located on the north bank of the Kanawha River along U.S. Route 60.
Chelyan
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.19552° or 38° 11′ 44″ northLongitude
-81.4935° or 81° 29′ 37″ westPopulation
681Elevation
617 feet (188 metres)Open location code
86CW5GW4+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 154295915OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4801904Wikidata ID
Q3508275
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Chelyan” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Чэліян”
- Catalan: “Chelyan”
- Cebuano: “Chelyan”
- Chechen: “Шильен”
- Chinese: “希利恩”
- Croatian: “Chelyan, Zapadna Virginia”
- Croatian: “Chelyan”
- French: “Chelyan”
- German: “Chelyan”
- Gilaki: “چلیان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “چلیان”
- Hebrew: “צ’ליין”
- Irish: “Chelyan”
- Italian: “Chelyan”
- Japanese: “チェリアン”
- Ladin: “Chelyan”
- Persian: “چلیان، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “چلیان”
- Polish: “Chelyan”
- Serbian: “Chelyan, West Virginia”
- Serbian: “Chelyan”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chelyan, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chelyan”
- Silesian: “Chelyan”
- South Azerbaijani: “چلیان، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Chelyan, Virginia Occidental”
- Spanish: “Chelyan”
- Tatar: “Шильен”
- Ukrainian: “Шильєн”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cabin Creek Junction and Winifrede Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Virginia Division of Highways - Chelyan and First Baptist Church.
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