Official Name: | Burnwell, West Virginia |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Burnwell |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kanawha |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 889 |
Coordinates: | 38.0525°N -81.3753°W |
Area Code: | 304 & 681 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1536771[1] |
Burnwell is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Burnwell is 10.5miles east-northeast of Sylvester.
The community originally was a coal-mining community, hence the name Burnwell.[2]