Excelsior
Excelsior is a community incorporated within the city of War in McDowell County, West Virginia. Excelsior is located along Dry Fork to the north of the city along West Virginia Route 16.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia” and “Excelsior, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carter Coal Company Store.
Carter Coal Company Store
Building
Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carter Coal Company Store, also known as Consolidation Coal Company Store, is a historic company store building located at Caretta, McDowell County, West Virginia. Carter Coal Company Store is situated 2 miles northeast of Excelsior.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include War and Yukon.
War
Village
Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
War is a city in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 690 at the 2020 census. War was incorporated in 1920 by the Circuit Court of McDowell County.
Yukon
Hamlet
Yukon, also previously known as Susanna and Watson according to the Geographic Names Information System, is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.
Warriormine
Hamlet
Warriormine is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Warriormine has its own post office with ZIP code 24894. The community most likely was both named for nearby War Creek and Mine Tunnel.
Excelsior
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: McDowell, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.30956° or 37° 18′ 34″ northLongitude
-81.694° or 81° 41′ 38″ westElevation
1,332 feet (406 metres)Open location code
869W8854+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 154182291OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Volapük—“Excelsior” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Excelsior”
- French: “Excelsior”
- Volapük: “Excelsior (komot: McDowell)”
- Volapük: “Excelsior”
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Highlights include War Volunteer Fire Department and United States Post Office.
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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 “Excelsior”. Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.