Prudence
Prudence is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after Prudence McGuffin, the daughter of an early settler.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Prudence, West Virginia” and “Prudence, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whipple Company Store.
Whipple Company Store
Building
Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whipple Company Store is a historic company store located in Whipple, West Virginia, United States. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, frame octagon building. Whipple Company Store is situated 2½ miles northwest of Prudence.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harvey and Dewitt.
Harvey
Village
Harvey is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Harvey is located on County Route 25, 2.8 miles south-southeast of Oak Hill.
Dewitt
Hamlet
Dewitt is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Redstar
Hamlet
Redstar is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Redstar is 2.5 miles south of Oak Hill. Redstar had a post office with ZIP code 25914, which closed on January 20, 2007.
Prudence
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.93678° or 37° 56′ 12″ northLongitude
-81.13371° or 81° 8′ 1″ westElevation
1,670 feet (509 metres)Open location code
869WWVP8+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 154347732OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Prudence” goes by many names.
- French: “Prudence”
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