Garten
Garten is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 204.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 204 residents
- Description: census-designated place in West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Braggville” and “Garten, West Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include New River Gorge Bridge and Fayette County Courthouse.
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. New River Gorge Bridge is situated 2½ miles north of Garten.
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 northwest of Garten.
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. Tunney Hunsaker Bridge is situated 2 miles north of Garten.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaymoor and Fayetteville.
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. Kaymoor is situated 1½ miles northeast of Garten.
Fayetteville
Fayetteville is a town of 2,754 people in West Virginia, often called "Gateway to the New River Gorge"; it borders the northern end of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.Fayette
Hamlet
Fayette is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 919 feet. Fayette is situated 2 miles north of Garten.
Garten
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.03456° or 38° 2′ 4″ northLongitude
-81.07677° or 81° 4′ 36″ westPopulation
204Elevation
1,969 feet (600 metres)Open location code
86CW2WMF+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 154123730OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4806775Wikidata ID
Q109284530
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Garten from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Garten” goes by many names.
- French: “Garten (Virginie-Occidentale)”
- French: “Garten”
- Gilaki: “گارتن (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “گارتن”
- Irish: “Garten, Virginia Thiar”
- Ladin: “Garten”
- Spanish: “Garten”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Garten”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as South Fayette and Fayette Heights.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Timber Ridge Trailhead and Kaymoor Number 1.
West Virginia: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, and Morgantown.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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 “Garten”. Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.