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.- Type: Village with 681 residents
- Description: census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Chelyan, Virginia Occidental”, “Chelyan, West Virginia”, “Chelyan, WV”, “Chyelan”, “Peerless”, and “Slaughters Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Admiral T. J. Lopez Bridge and Riverside High School.
Good Shepherd Church
Church
Good Shepherd Church, also known as Good Shepherd… Good Shepherd Church is situated 2 miles northeast of Chelyan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dickinson and Cabin Creek.
Cabin Creek
Hamlet
Cabin Creek is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Chelyan
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.19552° or 38° 11′ 44″ north
Longitude
-81.4935° or 81° 29′ 37″ west
Population
681
Elevation
617 feet (188 metres)
Open location code
86CW5GW4+6J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Tatar: “Шильен”
- Ukrainian: “Шильєн”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Quincy and Cabin Creek Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: East Bank Vfd #2 - Chelyan and Doh - Chelyan.
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Worth a closer look: Charleston and Huntington.
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