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Fayette

Fayette County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the indicated population was 40,488. Its county seat is . It is part of the , WV Metropolitan Statistical Area in Southern West Virginia.
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  • Type: County with 46,000 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Fayette County”, “Fayette County, Virginia”, “Fayette County, West Virginia”, and “Fayette County, WV”

Places of Interest

Highlights include New River Gorge Bridge and Fayette County Courthouse.

Bridge
Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet long over the New River Gorge near , in the of the eastern United States.

Courthouse
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is a historic courthouse located at , 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.

Bridge
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an historic truss bridge over the New River in New River Gorge, . The bridge is named after Tunney Hunsaker, American boxer and former chief-of-police at .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fayetteville and Garten.

is a town of 2,754 people in , often called "Gateway to the "; it borders the northern end of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fayette County, , United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 204.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in County, , United States. Its elevation is 919 feet.

Fayette

Latitude
38.0332° or 38° 1′ 59″ north
Longitude
-81.0722° or 81° 4′ 20″ west
Population
46,000
Elevation
1,926 feet (587 metres)
Open location code
86CW2WMH+74
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006298
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4805678
Wiki­data ID
Q504830
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Fayette” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Fayette County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فاييت”
  • Armenian: “Ֆայետ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Fayette”
  • Basque: “Fayette konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Fayette County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Fayette County”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফায়েত কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফায়েত কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Файет”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Fayette”
  • Cebuano: “Fayette County”
  • Chechen: “Фейетт”
  • Chinese: “Fayette Kūn”
  • Chinese: “費耶特縣”
  • Chinese: “费耶特县”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Fayette, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Fayette”
  • Dutch: “Fayette County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Fayette”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Fayette”
  • Finnish: “Fayetten piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Fayette”
  • French: “comté de Fayette”
  • French: “Comté de Fayette”
  • Georgian: “ფაიეტის ოლქი”
  • German: “Fayette County”
  • Gilaki: “فایت ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “فایت ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Φαγιέτ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פאייט”
  • Hungarian: “Fayette megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Fayette”
  • Italian: “contea di Fayette”
  • Italian: “Contea di Fayette”
  • Japanese: “ファイエット・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “ファイエット郡”
  • Korean: “페이엣군”
  • Low German: “Fayette County”
  • Mazanderani: “فایت شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Fayette Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fayette Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fayette County i Vest-Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fayette County”
  • Norwegian: “Fayette County”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Fayette County, West Virginia”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Fayette Kaundi, Wescht Wirschini”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Fayette Kaundi”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فایت، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فایت”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Fayette”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Fayette”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Fayette, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Fayette”
  • Russian: “Фейетт”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Fayette”
  • Serbian: “Fayette County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Фејет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fayette County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fayette County”
  • Slovenian: “Fayette County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Fayette”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Fayette (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Fayette”
  • Swedish: “Fayette County, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Fayette County”
  • Tatar: “Фейетт (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Фейетт”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Фаєтт”
  • Urdu: “فائیٹ کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “فائیٹ کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Fayette”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Fayette, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Fayette, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Fayette”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Fayette, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Fayette”
  • Welsh: “Fayette County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Fayette County”
  • Western Panjabi: “فایٹ کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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