Gatewood, West Virginia

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Gatewood is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [1] As a census-designated place, the population was 390 at the 2020 census. [2]

The community was named after Elizabeth Gatewood Bibb, the wife of an early settler. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gatewood, West Virginia
  2. ↑ "Census Bureau profile: Gatewood CDP, West Virginia". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  3. ↑ 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. 262. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016.

38°00′38″N81°03′39″W / 38.01056°N 81.06083°W / 38.01056; -81.06083


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