East Lynn, West Virginia

East Lynn
Elementary school
Elementary school
East Lynn is located in West Virginia
East Lynn
East Lynn
Location within the state of West Virginia
East Lynn is located in the United States
East Lynn
East Lynn
East Lynn (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°10′4″N 82°22′41″W / 38.16778°N 82.37806°W / 38.16778; -82.37806
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyWayne
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1538508[1]
Settled: ca 1866
Incorporated: 1908
Charter Abandoned: 1917

East Lynn is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, located along the banks of Twelvepole Creek, approximately eight miles south of the county seat, Wayne. It was also known as Mouth of Little Lynn. East Lynn is a part of the Huntington-Ashland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 363,000.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Lynn, West Virginia
  2. ^ "Population statistics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2013.