Elk Garden, West Virginia | |
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_entering_Elk_Garden,_Mineral_County,_West_Virginia.jpg) View entering Elk Garden from the south via West Virginia Route 42 | |
 Location of Elk Garden in Mineral County, West Virginia. | |
| Coordinates: 39°23′10″N 79°09′20″W / 39.38611°N 79.15556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Mineral |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2) |
| • Land | 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,264 ft (690 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 211 |
• Estimate (2021)[3] | 210 |
| • Density | 821.71/sq mi (317.81/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 26717 |
| Area code | 304 |
| FIPS code | 54-24484[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2390165[2] |
Elk Garden is a town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 211 at the 2020 census.[3] Elk Garden High School was consolidated into Keyser High School in 1997.[5] However the Primary School is still in session, offering classes from Pre-Kindergarten through the fifth grade. The school mascot is the Elk Garden Stags.[6] Elk Garden was incorporated in 1890 by the Mineral County Circuit Court. It is named for an elk lick near the original town site.[7]
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Garden, 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.
- ^ "West Virginia High Schools - Alumni Apparel, Reunions and Yearbooks". classicschools.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ "Elk Garden Primary School". Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ^ 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. 225.