Maken
Maken is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. Maken is located at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and County Route 31, 7.5 miles west of Clarksburg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Lynch”, “Maken, West Virginia”, and “Maken, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fletcher Covered Bridge.
Fletcher Covered Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Bill Eichelberger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fletcher Covered Bridge is a 62-foot Multiple King Post covered bridge located near Marshville in Harrison County, West Virginia. The bridge crosses Tenmile Creek is West Virginia bridge number 48-17-03.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wolf Summit and Flinderation.
Wolf Summit
Village
Wolf Summit is a census-designated place and coal town in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. Its population was 214 at the 2020 census. The community was named after the surname Wolf and its being the highest point on the railroad between Grafton and Parkersburg.
Flinderation
Hamlet
Flinderation is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. Flinderation is located on County Route 50/7, 2.7 miles east-northeast of Salem. Flinderation is situated 1½ miles northwest of Maken.
Bristol
Hamlet
Bristol is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 50 1.9 miles east-northeast of Salem. Bristol is situated 2 miles west of Maken.
Maken
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Harrison, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.28509° or 39° 17′ 6″ northLongitude
-80.48426° or 80° 29′ 3″ westElevation
1,020 feet (311 metres)Open location code
86FX7GP8+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 154160869OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Maken” goes by many names.
- French: “Maken”
- Irish: “Maken”
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