Pax
Pax is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The current mayor of Pax is William Hughes. The population was 136 at the 2020 census. The community most likely derives its name from nearby Packs Branch creek.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 165 residents
- Description: human settlement in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Paintsville”, “Paintville”, “Pax, West Virginia”, and “Pax, WV”
- Postal code: 25904
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Branch and Willis Branch.
Long Branch
Hamlet
Long Branch is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Long Branch is located near the West Virginia Turnpike, 1.1 miles northwest of Pax.
Willis Branch
Hamlet
Willis Branch is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Herberton.
Packs Branch
Hamlet
Packs Branch is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also called O'Neals. The community was named after nearby Packs Branch. Packs Branch is situated 1½ miles east of Pax.
Pax
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.90963° or 37° 54′ 35″ northLongitude
-81.26439° or 81° 15′ 52″ westPopulation
165Elevation
1,644 feet (501 metres)United Nations Location Code
US PX2Open location code
869WWP5P+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 154396050OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Pax” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باكس”
- Basque: “Pax”
- Catalan: “Pax”
- Cebuano: “Pax”
- Chechen: “Пакс”
- Chinese: “Pax”
- Chinese: “帕克斯”
- Dutch: “Pax”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باكس”
- French: “Pax”
- German: “Pax”
- Gilaki: “پکس (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “پکس”
- Hungarian: “Pax”
- Italian: “Pax”
- Japanese: “パクス”
- Japanese: “パックス”
- Ladin: “Pax”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pax”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pax”
- Norwegian: “Pax”
- Persian: “پکس”
- Polish: “Pax”
- Portuguese: “Pax”
- Russian: “Пакс”
- Serbian: “Пакс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pax, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pax”
- South Azerbaijani: “پاکس، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Pax”
- Tatar: “Пакс”
- Ukrainian: “Пакс”
- Volapük: “Pax, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Pax”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Long Branch Church and Pax Cemetery.
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