Dunbar
Dunbar is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Kanawha River. The population was 7,479 at the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 7,680 residents
- Description: city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Dunbar, West Virginia” and “Dunbar, WV”
- Postal code: 25064
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wilson Island and South Charleston High School.
Wilson Island
Islet
Wilson Island is a bar island on the Kanawha River in South Charleston, West Virginia. I-64's bridge over the Kanawha River into the city crosses over the island.
South Charleston High School
School
South Charleston High School is a public high school in West Virginia serving grades 9 through 12. It is located south of the Kanawha River, west of the city of Charleston, in the city of South Charleston's Spring Hill neighborhood.
Criel Mound
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Criel Mound, also known as the South Charleston Mound, is a Native American burial mound located in South Charleston, West Virginia. It is one of the few surviving mounds of the Kanawha Valley Mounds that were probably built in the Woodland period after 500 B.C. Criel Mound is situated 2½ miles east of Dunbar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rock Lake Village and Institute.
Rock Lake Village
Hamlet
Rock Lake Village is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Institute
Hamlet
Institute is an unincorporated community on the Kanawha River in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Interstate 64 and West Virginia Route 25 pass by the community, which has grown to intermingle with nearby Dunbar. Institute is situated 2 miles northwest of Dunbar.
Tyler Mountain
Hamlet
Tyler Mountain is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Tyler Mountain is located at the junction of State routes 62 and 501, 5.5 miles west-northwest of Charleston. Tyler Mountain is situated 2½ miles north of Dunbar.
Dunbar
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.36065° or 38° 21′ 38″ northLongitude
-81.73735° or 81° 44′ 15″ westPopulation
7,680Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)United Nations Location Code
US DWVOpen location code
86CW9767+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 153956983OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Dunbar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دونبر”
- Basque: “Dunbar”
- Catalan: “Dunbar”
- Cebuano: “Dunbar”
- Chechen: “Данбар (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
- Chechen: “Данбар”
- Chinese: “Dunbar”
- Czech: “Dunbar”
- Danish: “Dunbar”
- Dutch: “Dunbar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دونبر”
- French: “Dunbar”
- German: “Dunbar”
- Gilaki: “دانبار (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “دانبار”
- Greek: “Ντάνμπαρ”
- Irish: “Dunbar”
- Italian: “Dunbar”
- Japanese: “ダンバー”
- Ladin: “Dunbar”
- Malagasy: “Dunbar, West Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Dunbar”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dunbar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dunbar”
- Norwegian: “Dunbar”
- Persian: “دانبار، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “دانبار”
- Polish: “Dunbar”
- Portuguese: “Dunbar”
- Russian: “Данбар (Западная Виргиния)”
- Russian: “Данбар”
- Serbian: “Данбар”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dunbar, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dunbar”
- Slovak: “Dunbar”
- South Azerbaijani: “دونبار، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Dunbar (Virginia Occidental)”
- Spanish: “Dunbar”
- Swedish: “Dunbar, West Virginia”
- Swedish: “Dunbar”
- Tatar: “Данбар (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
- Tatar: “Данбар”
- Ukrainian: “Данбар”
- Urdu: “ڈنبار، مغربی ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “ڈنبار”
- Volapük: “Dunbar”
- Welsh: “Dunbar, Gorllewin Virginia”
- Welsh: “Dunbar”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dunbar Mini Park and Dunbar.
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