Shanks
Shanks is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Shanks community has a population of 806.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Shanks, West Virginia” and “Shanks, WV”
- Postal code: 26761
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frenchburg and Augusta.
Frenchburg
Hamlet
Frenchburg is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Frenchburg is located along the Northwestern Turnpike where the Little Cacapon River is formed by the confluence of the North and South forks of the Little Cacapon east of Shanks.
Augusta
Hamlet
Augusta is an unincorporated community in central Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along the Northwestern Turnpike at the northern terminus of Augusta-Ford Hill Road between Shanks and Pleasant Dale, east of Romney. Augusta is situated 3 miles southeast of Shanks.
Barnes Mill
Hamlet
Barnes Mill is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located along the Little Cacapon River on Little Cacapon River Road north of Frenchburg. Barnes Mill is situated 3½ miles northeast of Shanks.
Shanks
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.31433° or 39° 18′ 52″ northLongitude
-78.68775° or 78° 41′ 16″ westElevation
1,125 feet (343 metres)Open location code
87F38876+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 5413523576OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Volapük—“Shanks” goes by many names.
- French: “Shanks”
- Persian: “شنکس، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “شنکس”
- South Azerbaijani: “شنکس، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Volapük: “Shanks (West Virginia)”
- Volapük: “Shanks (WV)”
- Volapük: “Shanks, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Shanks, WV”
- Volapük: “Shanks”
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