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Fayette County, West Virginia

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28historic places

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1831formed

40,488pop. 2020

59cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 28 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Fayetteville, Clifftop, Ansted.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

18 of 28 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

28 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Altamont Hotel	Fayetteville	Building	1979
Bank of Glen Jean	Glen Jean	Building	1983
Camp Washington-Carver Complex	Clifftop	District	1980
Contentment	Ansted	Building	1974
Fayette County Courthouse	Fayetteville	Building	1978
Fayetteville Esso Station	Fayetteville	Building	2018
Fayetteville Historic District	Fayetteville	District	1990
Gauley Bridge Railroad Station	Gauley Bridge	Building	1980
Glen Ferris Inn	Glen Ferris	Building	1991
Halfway House	Ansted	Building	1978
Hawkins, E. B., House	Fayetteville	District	1990
Hughart, Dr. John, House	Landisburg	Building	2001
Kay Moor	Fayetteville	District	1990
Main Building	Montgomery	Building	1980
Mount Hope Historic District	Mount Hope	District	2007
New Deal Resources in Babcock State Park Historic District	Clifftop	District	2020
New Deal Resources in Hawk's Nest State Park Historic District	Anstead	District	2011
New River Company General Office Building	Mt. Hope	Building	2004
New River Gorge Bridge	Fayetteville	Structure	2013
Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District	Edmonds	District	2007
Oak Hill High School	Oak Hill	Building	2020
Oak Hill Railroad Depot	Oak Hill	Building	1995
Page-Vawter House	Ansted	Building	1985
Prince Brothers General Store-Berry Store	Prince	Building	1986
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building	Fayetteville	Building	2016
Thurmond Historic District	Thurmond	District	1984
Tyree Stone Tavern	Clifftop	Building	1975
Whipple Company Store	Whipple	Building	1991

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Fayette was formed in 1831 (1831-02-28) from Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan, Nicholas.

FAYETTE created by Virginia from GREENBRIER, KANAWHA, LOGAN, and NICHOLAS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Fayette County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,924	5,997	11,560	31,987	60,377	80,628	82,443	61,731	57,863	47,579	40,488

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	National Park and Preserve	15.1 km
Gauley River National Recreation Area	National Recreation Area	22.8 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

59 cemeteries and 29 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 59 of 59 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abbott-Huddleston Cemetery	38.13021	-81.18976
Amick Cemetery	38.00678	-80.90065
Anderson Cemetery	37.9265	-80.93174
Bays Cemetery	37.99622	-81.16594
Blake Cemetery	38.12289	-81.2515
Cottle Cemeteries	37.93317	-81.26483
Craig Cemeteries	38.10761	-81.32428
Davis Cemetery	37.92428	-81.26066
Ellison Cemetery	37.95178	-81.25149
Gethsemane Memorial Gardens	37.96709	-81.1136
Goddard Cemetery	37.85795	-80.92675
Guthrie Cemetery	38.13094	-81.27705
Harrah Cemetery	37.84609	-80.96532
Henson Cemetery	37.88467	-80.81397
High Lawn Memorial Park	37.98733	-81.13844
Hilltop Cemetery	37.95233	-81.14844
Holly Cemetery	37.95511	-81.25288
Huddleston - Abbot Cemetery	38.08332	-81.14899
Huse Memorial Cemetery	38.05539	-81.09344
Jennette Cemetery	38.07095	-80.98038
John Nugen Cemetery	38.06689	-81.15616
Johnson Cemetery	38.03594	-81.28705
Kingston Cemeteries	37.98205	-81.30344
Lafferty Cemetery	37.90594	-81.28566
Layland Cemetery	37.91044	-80.95635
Legg Cemetery	38.15234	-80.98913
Lively Cemetery	37.92539	-81.26983
Lively Cemetery	37.94567	-81.25622
Meadow Haven Memorial Park	38.01983	-81.25066
Mount Carbon Cemetery	38.1426	-81.2914
Mount Chapel Cemetery	38.14445	-81.1051
P A Shuck Cemetery	37.96248	-80.89447
Page Tabernackle Cemetery	38.04834	-81.2668
Pax Cemetery	37.90456	-81.26038
Peters Cemetery	37.97238	-81.21898
Pierce Cemetery	38.05039	-81.09538
Pleasant View Cemetery	38.02775	-81.08575
Powers Cemetery	37.96288	-81.26066
Restlawn Memory Gardens	38.12817	-81.0626
Rich Creek Cemetery	38.20955	-81.13649
Rider Cemetery	38.03336	-80.86877
Rinehart Cemetery	37.97983	-81.27788
Robson Cemetery	38.10231	-81.23063
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery	37.96169	-81.1684
Scarbro Cemetery	37.97511	-81.28511
Shepard Cemetery	37.90344	-81.28705
Smailes Cemetery	37.97289	-80.92982
Stover Cemetery	37.97705	-81.29344
Sugar Creek Cemetery	38.17455	-81.07375
Sutphin Cemetery	37.90983	-81.28205
Thompson Cemetery	37.91317	-81.28205
Tyree Cemetery	37.9616	-81.25452
Tyree Cemetery	38.01011	-80.90287
Westlake Cemetery	38.13742	-81.09756
White Cemetery	38.16533	-80.96583
Willis Cemetery	38.09834	-81.07133
Wriston Cemetery	37.97317	-81.28955
Wriston Cemetery	37.97483	-81.28011
Wriston Cemetery	37.97539	-81.25622

Historical populated places — 29 of 29

Name	Lat	Lon
Alaska	37.91456	-81.03926
Boone	38.034	-81.00788
Carver	38.07594	-81.08399
Deitz	38.15844	-81.0226
Dubree	38.05261	-80.9876
East Sewell	37.98289	-81.02565
Elliot	38.17928	-80.98927
Ephram	37.909	-81.01343
Erskine	37.96678	-81.08093
Export	37.85789	-81.00065
Finlow	37.98234	-81.0276
Fire Creek	37.95845	-81.02899
Greenwood	37.87873	-80.98787
Hamilton	38.02067	-81.24844
Honeydew	38.03456	-80.82982
Kaymoor	38.05011	-81.05482
Michigan	38.07844	-81.08371
Mincar	38.009	-81.03371
Mulvane	38.16094	-81.04899
Newlyn	38.07372	-81.08316
Nuttalburg	38.05011	-81.04038
Pennbrook	37.96595	-81.0201
Red Ash	37.9615	-81.03926
Roseville	37.92817	-81.26149
Rush Run	37.96456	-81.06565
South Nuttall	38.04678	-81.03732
Sturgeon Branch	37.93789	-80.81787
Sunnyside	38.0965	-81.09871
Whitney	38.08955	-81.09927

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Carnifex Ferry	1,728	23.2 km	WV006

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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