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Champwood, West Virginia

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Champwood
Unincorporated community
Champwood is located in West Virginia
Champwood
Champwood
Location within the state of West Virginia
Champwood is located in the United States
Champwood
Champwood
Champwood (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°26′36″N 78°49′09″W / 39.44333°N 78.81917°W / 39.44333; -78.81917
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMineral
Elevation
[1]
637 ft (194 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1554107[1]

Champwood is an unincorporated community on Patterson Creek in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'. Champwood lies along West Virginia Route 46.

The name is a portmanteau of Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson, who were, respectively, an early settler and the U.S. President.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Champwood, West Virginia
  2. ^ 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. 163.


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