Official Name: | Carolina, West Virginia |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) |
Mapsize: | 260px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Marion |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.831 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.830 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.001 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 411 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1184 |
Coordinates: | 39.4803°N -80.2733°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 26563 |
Area Code: | 304 & 681 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1554077 |
Carolina is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Carolina is 2miles north-northwest of Worthington. Carolina has a post office with ZIP code 26563.[3] As of the 2010 census, its population was 411.
The community was named after Caroline Watson, a daughter of mining executive James Watson.[4]
Carolina is the hometown of Alabama Crimson Tide football head coach Nick Saban.