Fort Ashby, West Virginia | |
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Coordinates: 39°29′52″N 78°45′04″W / 39.49778°N 78.75111°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Mineral |
Named for | Fort Ashby |
Area | |
• Total | 9.2 km2 (3.6 sq mi) |
• Land | 9.2 km2 (3.5 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.1 km2 (0.04 sq mi) |
Elevation | 188 m (617 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,380 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 26719 |
Area code | 304 |
FIPS code | 54-28444[4] |
GNIS feature ID | 2389101[2] |
Fort Ashby is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States, along Patterson Creek. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,380 at the 2010 census.[3] The community was originally chartered as Frankfort and then known as Alaska before it took the name of its well-known historic landmark.[5] Fort Ashby is the location of the Mineral County Fair.