Gauley Bridge, West Virginia | |
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 Location of Gauley Bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia. | |
| Coordinates: 38°10′4″N 81°11′49″W / 38.16778°N 81.19694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Fayette |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.63 sq mi (4.22 km2) |
| • Land | 1.58 sq mi (4.10 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2) |
| Elevation | 810 ft (247 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 614 |
• Estimate (2019)[3] | 553 |
| • Density | 349.56/sq mi (134.93/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 25085 |
| Area code | 304 |
| FIPS code | 54-30364[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1554543[5] |
| Website | https://local.wv.gov/gauleybridge/Pages/default.aspx |
Gauley Bridge is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 614 at the 2010 census. The Kanawha River is formed at Gauley Bridge by the confluence of the New and Gauley Rivers. Two miles to the southwest of Gauley Bridge, in Glen Ferris, is Kanawha Falls, a popular stopping point on Midland Trail Scenic Highway.
The community was named after a bridge over the Gauley River near the original town site.[6] Gauley Bridge was close to the site of the Hawk's Nest incident, in which hundreds of people died in the 1920s and 1930s.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. 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. 262. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016.