Switchback
Switchback is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Switchback had its own high school called Elkhorn High School in operation from 1923 to 1953.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Switchback, West Virginia” and “Switchback, WV”
- Postal code: 24887
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ennis and Maybeury.
Ennis
Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Ennis is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Ennis lies on U.S. Route 52, west of Switchback. The community most likely was named after a local family.
Maybeury
Hamlet
Maybeury is a census-designated place in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States, located on U.S. Route 52 between Northfork and Bramwell. As of the 2020 census, its population was 109.
Elkhorn
Hamlet
Elkhorn is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. It is along U.S. Route 52 and takes its name from the Elkhorn Creek. The John J. Lincoln House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Elkhorn is situated 1½ miles northwest of Switchback.
Switchback
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: McDowell, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.37123° or 37° 22′ 16″ northLongitude
-81.38566° or 81° 23′ 8″ westElevation
2,028 feet (618 metres)Open location code
869W9JC7+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 154393664OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Volapük—“Switchback” goes by many names.
- French: “Switchback”
- Persian: “سویتچبک، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “سویتچبک”
- Volapük: “Switchback (West Virginia)”
- Volapük: “Switchback (WV)”
- Volapük: “Switchback, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Switchback, WV”
- Volapük: “Switchback”
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