Gem
Gem is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Gem is located on West Virginia Route 5, the CSX Railroad, and Saltlick Creek, 2 miles south of Burnsville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Cogar”, “Coger”, “Coger Bluff”, “Coger Station”, “Cogers”, “Cogers Station”, “Gem, West Virginia”, and “Gem, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burnsville Bridge.
Burnsville Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Bitmapped, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burnsville Bridge is a historic Pratt-Through Truss bridge located at Burnsville, Braxton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1893, by the Variety Iron Works Company or Cleveland, Ohio and crosses the Little Kanawha River. Burnsville Bridge is situated 2 miles north of Gem.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyers and Dutch.
Hyers
Hamlet
Hyers is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. 38°39'52.5"N 80°37'05.9"W… Hyers is situated 3 miles northwest of Gem.
Dutch
Hamlet
Dutch is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Dutch is situated 3 miles southeast of Gem.
Arnett
Hamlet
Arnett is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Arnett is 5 miles southwest of Burnsville. Arnett is situated 3 miles southwest of Gem.
Gem
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Braxton, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.82926° or 38° 49′ 45″ northLongitude
-80.6676° or 80° 40′ 3″ westElevation
774 feet (236 metres)Open location code
86CXR8HJ+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 154039593OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Gem” goes by many names.
- French: “Gem”
- Irish: “Gem”
- Persian: “جم، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “جم”
- South Azerbaijani: “جم، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Urdu: “جیم، مغربی ورجینیا”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Maggie Hoover Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South and Union Chapel.
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