Gatewood is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] As a census-designated place, the population was 390 at the 2020 census.[2]
The community was named after Elizabeth Gatewood Bibb, the wife of an early settler.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gatewood, West Virginia
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Gatewood CDP, West Virginia". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
- ^ 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.
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