Official Name: | Amherstdale, West Virginia |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Amherstdale |
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: | 7.79 |
Area Land Km2: | 7.75 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.05 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 350 |
Population Density Km2: | 45.2 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 896 |
Coordinates: | 37.7853°N -81.8092°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 25607 |
Area Codes: | 304 & 681 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1534919 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | 54-01660 |
Amherstdale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, situated along Buffalo Creek.[3] The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Amherstdale, Becco, Fanco, and Braeholm. The CDP population was 350 as of the 2010 census.[2]
Prior to 2010, Amherstdale was part of the Amherstdale-Robinette CDP. Amherstdale has a post office with ZIP code 25607.[4]
Amherstdale was also affected by the Buffalo Creek flood disaster which killed, injured, and left thousands homeless.
Amherstdale is in southeastern Logan County, in the valley of Buffalo Creek. It is bordered to the west and south by the Accoville CDP and to the east by Robinette. By road, Amherstdale is northeast of Man, at the confluence of Buffalo Creek with the Guyandotte River, and 9miles west of Saunders at the head of the Buffalo Creek valley.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Amherstdale CDP has a total area of 7.8sqkm, of which 0.05sqkm, or 0.59%, are water.[1]