Shinnston

Shinnston is a city in Mountaineer Country - north-central West Virginia. This is Mid-Atlantic region on some maps and South on others.
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  • Type: Town with 2,240 residents
  • Description: city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Shin Town”, “Shinns Town”, “Shinnston (Virginia Occidental)”, “Shinnston, West Virginia”, “Shinnston, WV”, and “Shinnstown”
  • Postal code: 26431

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lincoln High School and Levi Shinn House.

School
is comprehensive four-year public…

House
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic home located at Shinnston, .

Power station
Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0.
is a 1.9-gigawatt coal-fired…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bethlehem and Gypsy.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States.

Village
is a census-designated place in , , United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and coal town…

Shinnston

Latitude
39.3954° or 39° 23′ 43″ north
Longitude
-80.3008° or 80° 18′ 3″ west
Population
2,240
Elevation
928 feet (283 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US SKF
Open location code
86FX9MWX+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154358740
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4822050
Wiki­data ID
Q2709202
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Shinnston” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شينستون”
  • Basque: “Shinnston”
  • Catalan: “Shinnston”
  • Cebuano: “Shinnston”
  • Chechen: “Шиннстон (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
  • Chechen: “Шиннстон”
  • Czech: “Shinnston”
  • Danish: “Shinnston”
  • Dutch: “Shinnston”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شينستون”
  • French: “Shinnston”
  • German: “Shinnston”
  • Gilaki: “شینستن (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “شینستن”
  • Irish: “Shinnston”
  • Italian: “Shinnston”
  • Ladin: “Shinnston”
  • Malagasy: “Shinnston, West Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Shinnston”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shinnston”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shinnston”
  • Norwegian: “Shinnston”
  • Persian: “شینستون، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شینستون”
  • Polish: “Shinnston”
  • Portuguese: “Shinnston”
  • Russian: “Шиннстон”
  • Serbian: “Шинстон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shinnston, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shinnston”
  • Slovak: “Shinnston”
  • Spanish: “Shinnston”
  • Tatar: “Шиннстон (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Шиннстон”
  • Ukrainian: “Шиннстон”
  • Urdu: “شنسٹن، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Volapük: “Shinnston”
  • Welsh: “Shinnston, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Shinnston”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Owens and Drain Hill.

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