Rowlesburg
Rowlesburg is a town in southern Preston County, West Virginia, United States, along the Cheat River. The population was 438 at the 2020 census. A former railroad town, it is home to the Downtown Rowlesburg Historic District, and was the site of action during the American Civil War.
- Type: Village with 621 residents
- Description: town in West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Rowlesburg, West Virginia”, “Rowlesburg, WV”, “Rowlesburgh”, “The River City”, “Tunnelton”, and “Vicksburg”
- Postal code: 26425
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manheim and Macomber.
Macomber
Hamlet
Macomber is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. Macomber is situated 2½ miles southwest of Rowlesburg.
Mount Olivet
Hamlet
Mount Olivet is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Olivet is situated 3 miles east of Rowlesburg.
Rowlesburg
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Preston, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.34849° or 39° 20′ 55″ north
Longitude
-79.67087° or 79° 40′ 15″ west
Population
621
Elevation
1,385 feet (422 metres)
Open location code
87F288XH+9M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rowlesburg” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رولسبورغ”
- Basque: “Rowlesburg”
- Catalan: “Rowlesburg”
- Cebuano: “Rowlesburg”
- Chechen: “Роулсбург”
- Dutch: “Rowlesburg”
- French: “Rowlesburg”
- German: “Rowlesburg”
- Gilaki: “رؤلزبرگ (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “رؤلزبرگ”
- Hungarian: “Rowlesburg”
- Italian: “Rowlesburg”
- Ladin: “Rowlesburg”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rowlesburg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rowlesburg”
- Norwegian: “Rowlesburg”
- Persian: “روولسبورگ”
- Polish: “Rowlesburg”
- Portuguese: “Rowlesburg”
- Serbian: “Rowlesburg, West Virginia”
- Serbian: “Rowlesburg”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rowlesburg, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rowlesburg”
- Spanish: “Rowlesburg”
- Tatar: “Роулсбург”
- Ukrainian: “Роулсбург”
- Urdu: “رولز برگ، مغربی ورجینیا”
- Volapük: “Rowlesburg”
- Welsh: “Rowlesburg, Gorllewin Virginia”
- Welsh: “Rowlesburg”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: M&K Junction and Mountain View.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Generation Museum and Christ United Methodist Church.
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