| Accoville, West Virginia | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Accoville |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Logan |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.37 |
| Area Land Km2: | 8.35 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 574 |
| Population Density Km2: | 68.7 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 830 |
| Coordinates: | 37.7686°N -81.8369°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 25606 |
| Area Codes: | 304 & 681 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 54-00196 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1534798 |
Accoville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The community lies along Buffalo Creek.[3] As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 574.[2]
Accoville is in southeastern Logan County, in the valley of Buffalo Creek, and extending to the east up its Right Fork. It is bordered by Amherstdale to the northeast (up Buffalo Creek) and by Kistler to the southwest (down the creek). Logan, the county seat, is to the northwest, down Buffalo Creek and then the Guyandotte River.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Accoville CDP has a total area of 8.4sqkm, of which 0.02sqkm, or 0.21%, are water.[1]
Accoville derived its name from the local Amherst Coal Company (ACCO).[4]
Accoville was in the path of the Buffalo Creek flood in 1972. The devastating man made disaster was caused by a Coal Mine dam failure located by a hillside.
Accoville's Don Israel Bragg, 33, was killed in the 2006 Aracoma Alma Mine disaster in Melville, along with Ellery Hatfield, 47, of Simon.
Accoville is the birthplace of Ted Belcher, a U.S. Army soldier and recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.