Kiahsville, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
38°5′29″N 82°19′42″W / 38.09139°N 82.32833°W / 38.09139; -82.32833 (2000)
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Kiahsville is an unincorporated community in southern Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. It is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649. Its sister town is nearby Cove Gap.
Kiahsville is situated at the mouth of Kiah Creek. The community derives its name from Hezekiah Wiley, the name of an early settler.[1]
East Lynn Lake is located nearby.
Nearby communities
- Cove Gap (0.1 miles)
- Queens Ridge
- Cuzzie (2.7 miles)
- Brabant (3.6 miles)
- Harts (7.7 miles)
- Ranger (8.1 miles)
- Wilsondale (9.4 miles)
- Breeden (9.5 miles)
- Genoa (9.6 miles)
- East Lynn (9.6 miles)
- Midkiff (10.8 miles)
- Dunlow (11.9 miles)
- Crum (12.7 miles)
References
- ^ 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. 350.
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Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Wayne
communities
- Ardel
- Armilda
- Bethesda
- Booton
- Bowen
- Brabant
- Buffalo Creek
- Centerville
- Coleman
- Cove Gap
- Crockett
- Cyrus
- Dicy
- Doane
- Dunlow
- East Lynn
- Echo
- Effie
- Elmwood
- Ferguson
- Fleming
- Genoa
- Gilkerson
- Girard
- Glenhayes
- Hidden Valley
- Hubbardstown
- Kiahsville
- Mineral Springs
- Missouri Branch
- Neal
- Nestlow
- Oakview Heights
- Quaker
- Radnor
- Saltpetre
- Shoals
- Sidney
- Stepptown
- Stiltner
- Stonecoal
- Sweet Run
- Tripp
- Webb
- Westmoreland
- Wilsondale
- Winslow
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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