Vance
Vance is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Vance lies on the South Branch Potomac River. Most of its residents reside along West Virginia Route 28. Buffalo Creek empties into the South Branch at Vance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Vance, West Virginia” and “Vance, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad and Hanging Rocks.
Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Romney, West Virginia. The railroad operates excursion trains over a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line that runs between Green Spring and Petersburg.
Hanging Rocks
Cliff
Photo: Quercus montana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hanging Rocks are perpendicular cliffs rising nearly 300 feet above the South Branch Potomac River in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Hanging Rocks is situated 1½ miles north of Vance.
Valley View
Historic house
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Valley View is a mid-19th-century Greek Revival residence and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River northwest of Romney, West Virginia, United States. Valley View is situated 2 miles southwest of Vance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wapocomo and Ridgedale.
Wapocomo
Hamlet
Photo: Quercus montana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wappocomo is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The community is located south of Springfield on West Virginia Route 28 at Hanging Rocks along the South Branch Potomac River.
Ridgedale
Hamlet
Ridgedale is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located within a horseshoe bend in the South Branch Potomac River between the communities of Blues Beach and Wappocomo. Ridgedale is situated 2½ miles north of Vance.
Valley
Hamlet
Valley was a populated place and post office on the South Branch line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was centered near the intersection of West Sioux Lane and Depot Valley Road, now located within the present-day corporate boundaries of Romney. Valley is situated 2½ miles southwest of Vance.
Vance
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.37815° or 39° 22′ 41″ northLongitude
-78.73863° or 78° 44′ 19″ westElevation
659 feet (201 metres)Open location code
87F397H6+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 158227679OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Vance” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فانك”
- French: “Vance”
- Persian: “ونک، ویرجینیا غربی”
- Persian: “ونک”
- South Azerbaijani: “وانس، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Volapük: “Vance (WV)”
- Volapük: “Vance, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Vance, WV”
- Volapük: “Vance”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vance”. Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.