Fayette
Fayette is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 919 feet.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Fayette Station”, “Fayette, West Virginia”, and “Fayette, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tunney Hunsaker Bridge and New River Gorge Bridge.
Tunney Hunsaker Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tunney Hunsaker Bridge is an historic truss bridge over the New River in New River Gorge, West Virginia. The bridge is named after Tunney Hunsaker, American boxer and former chief-of-police at Fayetteville, West Virginia.
New River Gorge Bridge
Bridge
Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.
Fayette County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fayette County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia. It was built in 1894–1895, and is a 2 1/2 story, five bay wide, rectangular building with projecting wings. Fayette County Courthouse is situated 2 miles southwest of Fayette.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lansing and Kaymoor.
Lansing
Hamlet
Lansing is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Lansing is located along U.S. Route 19, 2.5 miles northeast of Fayetteville. Lansing has a post office with ZIP code 25862.
Kaymoor
Hamlet
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Kay Moor, also known as Kaymoor, is the site of an abandoned coal mine, coal-processing plant, and coal town near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The town site is located in the New River Gorge at Kaymoor Bottom.
Ames
Hamlet
Ames is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Elmo, a now defunct coal town. The last production of coal was reported in 1963. Ames is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fayette.
Fayette
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.06344° or 38° 3′ 48″ northLongitude
-81.07344° or 81° 4′ 24″ westElevation
919 feet (280 metres)Open location code
86CW3W7G+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 154206489OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to South Azerbaijani—“Fayette” goes by many names.
- French: “Fayette”
- Irish: “Fayette”
- Italian: “Fayette”
- Japanese: “ファイエット”
- Malagasy: “Fayette, West Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Fayette”
- Persian: “فایت، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “فایت”
- South Azerbaijani: “فایت، باتی ویرجینیا”
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Localities in the Area
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