Douglas
Douglas is an unincorporated community and coal town on the North Fork Blackwater River in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Originally known as Albert, the community's name was changed to Douglas by an official Board on Geographic Names decision in 1965.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Albert”, “Douglas, Tucker County, West Virginia”, and “Douglas, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elakala Falls.
Elakala Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Forest Wander, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Elakala Falls are a series of four waterfalls of Shays Run as it descends into the Blackwater Canyon in West Virginia. They are within Blackwater Falls State Park and are quite popular among photographers, with the ease of access for the first waterfall, and the relatively low traffic of the other waterfalls in the series. Elakala Falls is situated 2 miles southeast of Douglas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coketon and Benbush.
Coketon
Hamlet
Coketon is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Coketon lies at the confluence of Snyder Run and the North Fork Blackwater River, south of the town of Thomas.
Benbush
Hamlet
Benbush is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Benbush is located to the northwest of Thomas along West Virginia Secondary Route 18. Benbush is situated 2 miles north of Douglas.
Davis
Photo: Forest Wander, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Davis is a city in the Potomac Highlands region of West Virginia. The area around Davis is noted for the Canaan Valley, Timberline and the region's caverns, Blackwater Falls State Park, the pretty mountain town of Thomas, and the Monongahela National Forest.
Douglas
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Tucker, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.12715° or 39° 7′ 38″ northLongitude
-79.52062° or 79° 31′ 14″ westElevation
2,841 feet (866 metres)Open location code
87F24FGH+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 158645120OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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