Locust
Locust is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Locust is located on the Greenbrier River, 5 miles south-southwest of Hillsboro.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Locust, West Virginia” and “Locust, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Locust Creek Covered Bridge and Beard.
Locust Creek Covered Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Bitmapped, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Locust Creek Covered Bridge is the only remaining covered bridge in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It is located approximately 6 miles outside Hillsboro. The bridge is now for pedestrian traffic only.
Beard
Dwelling
Beard is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Beard is located on the Greenbrier River, 4 miles south-southwest of Hillsboro. The community was named after Josiah Beard, the proprietor of a local mill.
Denmar Correctional Center
Prison
The Denmar Correctional Center is a state prison located near Hillsboro in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA. Built on the site of the former Denmar Hospital, DCC was converted to a prison in 1993. Denmar Correctional Center is situated 1½ miles northeast of Locust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Denmar and Droop.
Denmar
Hamlet
Denmar is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Denmar is 3.5 miles south-southwest of Hillsboro. The name Denmar is an amalgamation of Dennison and Maryland, the later the native state of the former, a first settler. Denmar is situated 1½ miles northeast of Locust.
Droop
Hamlet
Droop is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States, in the Greenbrier River Valley. The community takes its name from nearby Droop Mountain. Droop is situated 2½ miles west of Locust.
Droop Mountain
Hamlet
The Battle of Droop Mountain occurred in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, on November 6, 1863, during the American Civil War. A Union brigade commanded by Brigadier General William W. Droop Mountain is situated 3 miles south of Locust.
Locust
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Pocahontas, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.06762° or 38° 4′ 3″ northLongitude
-80.23868° or 80° 14′ 19″ westElevation
1,995 feet (608 metres)Open location code
86CX3Q96+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 153913518OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Locust” goes by many names.
- French: “Locust”
- Irish: “Locust”
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