Champwood, West Virginia

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Champwood
Unincorporated community
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Champwood
Location within the state of West Virginia
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Champwood
Champwood (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°26′36″N78°49′09″W / 39.44333°N 78.81917°W / 39.44333; -78.81917
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Mineral
Elevation
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637 ft (194 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1554107 [1]

Champwood is an unincorporated community on Patterson Creek in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'. Champwood lies along West Virginia Route 46.

The name is a portmanteau of Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson, who were, respectively, an early settler and the U.S. President. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Champwood, West Virginia
  2. ↑ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 163.


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