WAXS-FM (Oak Hill)

WAXS-FM (Oak Hill) is a tower in Fayette, West Virginia. WAXS-FM (Oak Hill) is situated nearby to the hamlet Greenstown, as well as near the village Scarbro.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whipple Company Store and Oak Hill High School.

Whipple Company Store

Building

Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whipple Company Store is a historic company store located in Whipple, West Virginia, United States. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, frame octagon building. Whipple Company Store is situated 1 mile west of WAXS-FM (Oak Hill).

Oak Hill High School

School

Photo: Ghemlocks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Oak Hill High School is a high school located in Oak Hill, West Virginia. Its mascot is the Red Devil. In 2011, the state Board of Education closed nearby Mount Hope High School and those students were transferred to OHHS. Oak Hill High School is situated 2 miles north of WAXS-FM (Oak Hill).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenstown and Scarbro.

Greenstown

Hamlet

Greenstown is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The community derives its name from William Green, the original owner of the town site; a variant name was Towne.

Scarbro

Village

Scarbro is a census-designated place and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Scarbro is 1.5 miles southwest of Oak Hill. Scarbro has a post office with ZIP code 25917. As of the 2020 census, its population was 461.

Whipple

Hamlet

Whipple is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Whipple is located on West Virginia Route 612, 1.5 miles southwest of Oak Hill.

WAXS-FM (Oak Hill)

Type: Tower
Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.95737° or 37° 57′ 27″ north

Longitude

-81.15068° or 81° 9′ 2″ west

Elevation

1,955 feet (596 metres)

Open location code

869WXR4X+WP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356529541

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

GeoNames ID

4826048

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