Garretts Bend, West Virginia | |
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Coordinates: 38°18′14″N81°54′53″W / 38.30389°N 81.91472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Lincoln |
Elevation | 682 ft (208 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1539350 [1] |
Garretts Bend is an unincorporated community on the Trace Fork of the Mud River in northeastern Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. [2] It lends its name to the United States Geological Survey's "Garretts Bend" Quadrangle. [3] The village is spread out above an eastward bend of the Trace Fork, where the Hayzlett Fork meets the Williams Fork. [i] [2] [3] Garretts Bend Road (County Highway 5) runs through the village on its route from Griffithsville to Sod, and meets Toney Branch Road (County Highway 58) just above the bend. [4] To the east along Garretts Bend Road is the Garretts Bend Community Center, while the Garrett Cemetery sits upon a hilltop overlooking the same highway to the southwest. [4]
A 1909 topographical survey map shows about a dozen structures spread out along the creek and its various tributaries, including a church on the south side of Garretts Bend Road just west of where the highway crosses the Hayzlett Fork. [2] In 1933, a similar number of structures is located in the same vicinity, although some of those from 1909 no longer exist. The church is gone, but a schoolhouse sits on a point of land surrounded by the bend. [2] The schoolhouse is still there in 1958 and 1978, and Elizabeth Church is located near the site of the 1909 church. [ii] [3] The Garretts Bend Post Office [5] was established in 1876, and maintained until 1965, when it was discontinued, and the mail redirected to Hamlin. [6]