Town of Bayard, West Virginia | |
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_between_Buffalo_Avenue_and_Potomac_Avenue_in_Bayard,_Grant_County,_West_Virginia.jpg) Front Street in Bayard | |
 Location of Bayard in Grant County, West Virginia. | |
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| Coordinates: 39°16′16″N 79°21′58″W / 39.27111°N 79.36611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Grant |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) |
| • Land | 0.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,356 ft (718 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 200 |
• Estimate (2021)[3] | 199 |
| • Density | 839.23/sq mi (324.24/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 26707 |
| Area code | 304 |
| FIPS code | 54-04924[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2390716[2] |
Bayard is a town in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 200 at the 2020 census.[3] Bayard was incorporated in 1893 and named in honor of Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.,[5] who later became a United States senator from Delaware (1923–1929). Bayard was founded on the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railroad as a coal mining community. Coal mining has remained the town's chief industry.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bayard, West Virginia
- ^ a b c "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ 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. 98.