Fort Gay
Fort Gay is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy rivers. It is located within the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, and adjoins Louisa, Kentucky. The population was 677 at the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 810 residents
- Description: human settlement in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Cassville”, “Fort Gay, West Virginia”, and “Fort Gay, WV”
- Postal code: 25514
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mineral Springs and Saltpetre.
Mineral Springs
Hamlet
Mineral Springs is an unincorporated community located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. Northwest for about four miles north, both along and off US Route 52, are a string of smaller hamlets, including Hewlet.
Saltpetre
Hamlet
Saltpetre is an unincorporated community located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. The community takes its name from the local saltpetre manufacturing industry. Saltpetre is situated 3½ miles southeast of Fort Gay.
Torchlight
Hamlet
Torchlight is an unincorporated community and coal town in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States. The community is named for an annual torchlight parade accident which resulted in the Hotel Greenup being burned to the ground. Torchlight is situated 4½ miles south of Fort Gay.
Fort Gay
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Wayne, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.1162° or 38° 6′ 58″ northLongitude
-82.59571° or 82° 35′ 45″ westPopulation
810Elevation
577 feet (176 metres)United Nations Location Code
US FQGOpen location code
86CV4C83+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 154292854OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Fort Gay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورت غاي”
- Basque: “Fort Gay”
- Catalan: “Fort Gay”
- Cebuano: “Fort Gay”
- Chechen: “Форт-Гей”
- Chinese: “Fort Gay”
- Chinese: “弗特盖伊”
- Dutch: “Fort Gay”
- French: “Fort Gay”
- German: “Fort Gay”
- Gilaki: “فؤرت گی (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “فؤرت گی”
- Hungarian: “Fort Gay”
- Italian: “Fort Gay”
- Ladin: “Fort Gay”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fort Gay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Gay”
- Norwegian: “Fort Gay”
- Persian: “فرت گی”
- Polish: “Fort Gay”
- Portuguese: “Fort Gay”
- Serbian: “Форт Геј”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Gay, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Gay”
- South Azerbaijani: “فورت قای، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Fort Gay”
- Tatar: “Форт-Гей”
- Ukrainian: “Форт-Гей”
- Volapük: “Fort Gay”
- Welsh: “Fort Gay, Gorllewin Virginia”
- Welsh: “Fort Gay”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Gay Post Office and Fort Gay Public Library.
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