Page, West Virginia | |
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Census-designated place (CDP) | |
Coordinates: 38°3′10″N 81°16′11″W / 38.05278°N 81.26972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Fayette |
Area | |
• Total | 0.444 sq mi (1.15 km2) |
• Land | 0.438 sq mi (1.13 km2) |
• Water | 0.006 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 224 |
• Density | 500/sq mi (190/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Page is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 224.[2] It was named for William Nelson Page[3] (1854-1932), a civil engineer and industrialist who lived in nearby Ansted, where he managed Gauley Mountain Coal Company and many iron, coal, and railroad enterprises.
Page owned a coal and coking company at Page and was the first president of The Virginian Railway Company (now a part of Norfolk Southern).