Lakin
Lakin is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. Lakin is located on West Virginia Route 62, 5 miles southwest of Mason. The community was named after one M. Lakin, a state official.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Lakin, West Virginia” and “Lakin, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lakin Correctional Center and Jail and Eightmile Island.
Lakin Correctional Center and Jail
Prison
Lakin Correctional Center is a women's prison in the community of Lakin in unincorporated Mason County, West Virginia. It is on a portion of former Lakin State Hospital property, on West Virginia Route 62, in proximity to West Columbia, 6 miles north of Point Pleasant, and 3 miles north of the Army National Guard armory.
Eightmile Island
Island
Eightmile Island is a forested island on the Ohio River in Mason County, West Virginia. The island is located directly across the river from the village of Cheshire, Ohio and American Electric Power Company power plant facilities there. Eightmile Island is situated 1½ miles southwest of Lakin.
Gavin Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Analogue Kid, CC BY 2.5.
General James M. Gavin Power Plant is a 2,600-megawatt supercritical coal-fired power station in the village of Cheshire, Ohio, United States. It is owned by Lightstone Generation LLC, a 50–50 joint venture of The Blackstone Group L.P. and ArcLight Capital Partners. Gavin Power Plant is situated 2½ miles southwest of Lakin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maggie and Silver Run.
Maggie
Hamlet
Maggie is an unincorporated community in Mason County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Silver Run
Hamlet
Silver Run is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
West Columbia
Hamlet
West Columbia is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. West Columbia is located on the Ohio River and West Virginia Route 62, 3 miles southwest of Mason. West Columbia is situated 2 miles northeast of Lakin.
Lakin
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Mason, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.95869° or 38° 57′ 31″ northLongitude
-82.08709° or 82° 5′ 14″ westElevation
604 feet (184 metres)Open location code
86CVXW57+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 153939317OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Lakin” goes by many names.
- French: “Lakin”
- Irish: “Lakin”
- Persian: “لاکن، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “لاکن”
- South Azerbaijani: “لاکین، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Urdu: “لاکین، مغربی ورجینیا”
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