Valley Head, West Virginia

Valley Head, West Virginia
Outside Valley Head
Outside Valley Head
Valley Head, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Valley Head, West Virginia
Valley Head, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°32′42″N 80°02′09″W / 38.54500°N 80.03583°W / 38.54500; -80.03583
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRandolph
Area
 • Total0.975 sq mi (2.53 km2)
 • Land0.975 sq mi (2.53 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation2,372 ft (723 m)
Population
 • Total267
 • Density270/sq mi (110/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
26294
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1555870[2]

Valley Head is a census-designated place (CDP) in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Valley Head is located on U.S. Route 219, 12 miles (19 km) south-southwest of Huttonsville. Valley Head has a post office with ZIP code 26294.[4] As of the 2010 census, its population was 267.[3]

The community was named for the nearby headwaters of the Tygart Valley River.[5]

  1. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valley Head, West Virginia
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  4. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  5. ^ 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. 644.