Sprague
Sprague is an unincorporated community and coal town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Sprague is located on West Virginia Route 16, 1 mile north of downtown Beckley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,290 residents
- Description: unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Sprague, West Virginia” and “Sprague, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Woodrow Wilson High School and Linda K. Epling Stadium.
Woodrow Wilson High School
School
Woodrow Wilson High School is a high school in Beckley, West Virginia, teaching grades nine through twelve. It is one of four secondary schools in the Raleigh County Public School District.
Linda K. Epling Stadium
Pitch
Linda K. Epling Stadium is a baseball field in Beckley, West Virginia. It opened in 2010. The field was built by the Epling family after it sold out its interests in the coal business. Linda K. Epling Stadium is situated 2 miles northeast of Sprague.
Beckley Mill Site
Ruins
The Beckley Mill Site is a historic archaeological site off Worley Road near Piney Creek in Beckley, West Virginia. The site is that of a mill established in 1835 by Beckley's founder and namesake, Alfred Beckley. Beckley Mill Site is situated 2½ miles southeast of Sprague.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beckley and Johnstown.
Beckley
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 3.0 us.
Beckley is a city of 17,256 in West Virginia, and is the county seat of Raleigh County pop. 74,591. It sits on a high plateau above the New River Gorge at an elevation of 2,418 feet.
Johnstown
Hamlet
Johnstown is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
Skelton
Hamlet
Skelton is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 19, 2 miles north of downtown Beckley.
Sprague
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Raleigh, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.79317° or 37° 47′ 35″ northLongitude
-81.18399° or 81° 11′ 2″ westPopulation
1,290Elevation
2,369 feet (722 metres)Open location code
869WQRV8+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 153944517OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4822994Wikidata ID
Q7580177
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In Other Languages
From French to South Azerbaijani—“Sprague” goes by many names.
- French: “Sprague”
- Gilaki: “اسپرگ (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “اسپرگ”
- Ladin: “Sprague”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایسپراقو، باتی ویرجینیا”
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Highlights include Calloway Heights Baptist Church and Calloway Heights Community Church.
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