Sandstone, West Virginia

Sandstone
Unincorporated community
Sandstone in 2022
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Coordinates: 37°46′15″N80°53′29″W / 37.77083°N 80.89139°W / 37.77083; -80.89139
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Summers
Elevation [1]	1,365 ft (416 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	25985
GNIS feature ID	1546397 [1]

Sandstone (also New Richmond or New River Falls) is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 20 and the New River to the north of the city of Hinton, the county seat of Summers County. ^[2] It has a post office, with the ZIP code of 25985. ^[3]

Historic variant names were New River Falls and New Richmond. ^[4] Sandstone takes its name from an old sandstone quarry. ^[5]

Sandstone is the birthplace of Cornelius Burdette, winner of an Olympic gold medal during the 1912 Summer Olympics.^{[ citation needed ]}

Sandstone Falls

Sandstone Falls in May 2010

Sandstone Falls is located on the New River to the south of the community.

Sandstone Visitors Center

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Sandstone Visitor Center in 2022

The Sandstone Visitors Center ^[6] was built by the National Park Service in order to provide outreach and awareness to the various environmental issues along the New River Gorge. It is located 1 mile off the Sandstone Exit on I-64 not far from the Mary Draper Ingles crossing. The facility is earth friendly with local and recycled materials comprising its structure, and native plants in a xeriscaping project absorb rainfall and thermal heat. An interactive museum is part of the draw for its thousands of visitors.

Sandstone Upper Falls, August 2020

See also

• List of waterfalls

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sandstone, West Virginia
2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '04. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2004, p. 112.
3. Zip Code Lookup
4. 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. 553.
5. Miller, James Henry (1908). History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. J.H. Miller. p. 357.
6. NPS.gov