Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia

Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia
Location of Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia
Location of Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°50′45″N 82°0′52″W / 37.84583°N 82.01444°W / 37.84583; -82.01444
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyLogan
Area
 • Total
7.56 sq mi (19.58 km2)
 • Land7.55 sq mi (19.55 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
668 ft (204 m)
Population
 • Total
1,779
 • Density236/sq mi (91.0/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
25637 (Mount Gay)
25601 (Logan)
Area code304
FIPS code54-56342[3]
GNIS feature ID2389511

Mount Gay-Shamrock is a census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.

Mount Gay-Shamrock has a 2020 population of 1,360. Mount Gay-Shamrock is currently declining at a rate of -2.51% annually. The population was 1,779 at the 2010 census.[2]

The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Mount Gay, Shamrock, Black Bottom, Whites Addition, Lintz Addition, Thompson Town, Hedgeview, Ridgeview, Logan Heights, Cora, and Whitman Junction.[4][5]

A post office was established as Mount Gay in 1916.[6]

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – West Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Mount Gay-Shamrock CDP, West Virginia". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "TIGERweb: Mount Gay-Shamrock CDP, West Virginia". Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic map series: Holden quadrangle". ACME Mapper. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 2, 2014.