Pine Grove | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Location of Pine Grove in Wetzel County, West Virginia | |
  Pine Grove Location within the state of West Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 39°33′44″N 80°40′52″W / 39.56222°N 80.68111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Wetzel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.38 sq mi (0.98 km2) |
| • Land | 0.35 sq mi (0.91 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 363 |
| • Estimate (2021)[2] | 353 |
| • Density | 1,369.32/sq mi (528.64/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 54-63892 |
| Website | local |
Pine Grove is a town in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 363 at the 2020 census.[2] The community was named for a grove of pine trees near the original town site.[3]
The town is one mile north of Dominion Energy's large Hastings Extraction Station, which separates natural gas into various subproducts such as butane. The Hastings plant is unique in that there are traffic signals approximately 0.75 mile away from the plant in either direction to stop traffic in case of an emergency. Pine Grove is also home to Valley High School.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ 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. 490.