Eleanor, West Virginia

Eleanor, West Virginia
Town
Official seal of Eleanor, West Virginia
Seal
Location of Eleanor in Putnam County, West Virginia.
Location of Eleanor in Putnam County, West Virginia.
Coordinates: 38°32′21″N 81°55′52″W / 38.53917°N 81.93111°W / 38.53917; -81.93111
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyPutnam
Government
 • MayorCharles Cameron "Cam" Clendenin
Area
[1]
 • Total2.13 sq mi (5.51 km2)
 • Land2.12 sq mi (5.50 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
604 ft (184 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total1,548
 • Estimate 
(2021)[2]
1,539
 • Density747.88/sq mi (288.78/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25070
Area code304
FIPS code54-24292[3]
GNIS feature ID1538590[4]
Websiteeleanorwv.com

Eleanor is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River.[5] Its population was 1,548 at the 2020 census.[2] It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area.[6] The town, named for Eleanor Roosevelt, was established as a New Deal project in the 1930s like other Franklin D. Roosevelt towns around the nation (e.g. Greenbelt, Greenhills, Greendale, Hanford, or Norris).[7][8]

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 42. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
  6. ^ "Population statistics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2013.
  7. ^ 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. 224.
  8. ^ Barry, Dan (December 24, 2009). "From New Deal to New Hard Times, Eleanor Endures". The New York Times. Retrieved November 28, 2011.