Griffith Creek
Griffith Creek is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Griffith Creek is located along the Greenbrier River and West Virginia routes 3 and 12, west of Alderson.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Griffith Creek, West Virginia” and “Griffith Creek, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Federal Prison Camp Alderson and Johnson Island.
Federal Prison Camp Alderson
Prison
Photo: CZmarlin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Federal Prison Camp, Alderson is a minimum-security United States federal prison for female inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Johnson Island
Islet
Johnson Island is a bar in the Greenbrier River at its confluence with Muddy Creek in Alderson, West Virginia, United States. The island lies in Greenbrier County, with the Alderson Federal Prison Camp located to its southwest across the county line in Summers County.
Alderson station
Railway station
Photo: Bitmapped, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alderson station is an Amtrak station in Alderson, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. It is located at 1 C&O Plaza, and functions as a request stop. Alderson station is situated 1½ miles east of Griffith Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenray and Santafee.
Glenray
Hamlet
Glenray is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Glenray is located on the south bank of the Greenbrier River, west of Alderson.
Santafee
Hamlet
Santafee is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Santafee is 3 miles west of Alderson. The community's name most likely is derived from "Santa Fe".
Alderson
Village
Alderson is a town in Greenbrier and Monroe counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, on both sides of the Greenbrier River. The population was 975 at the 2020 census. Alderson is situated 2 miles east of Griffith Creek.
Griffith Creek
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Summers, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.72762° or 37° 43′ 39″ northLongitude
-80.67647° or 80° 40′ 35″ westElevation
1,555 feet (474 metres)Open location code
869XP8HF+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 154374799OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Griffith Creek” goes by many names.
- French: “Griffith Creek”
- Irish: “Griffith Creek”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alderson Church of God and Griffith Creek Church.
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