Eccles, West Virginia Explained

Official Name:Eccles, West Virginia
Settlement Type:Census-designated place (CDP)
Pushpin Map:West Virginia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Virginia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Raleigh
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.689
Area Land Sq Mi:0.687
Area Water Sq Mi:0.002
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:362
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:2182
Coordinates:37.7817°N -81.2647°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:25836
Area Code:304 & 681
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2586800

Eccles is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Eccles is located on West Virginia Route 3, 4miles west of Beckley. Eccles has a post office with ZIP code 25836.[3] As of the 2010 census, its population is 362.

The community was originally named after the book of Ecclesiastes from the bible, where the mining company of its namesake was formed around the turn of the century. The name was later shortened by the local post office to Eccles to allow for easier postage and mail flow due to a common inability to correctly spell the name.[4] Eccles is the site of the April 28, 1914 Eccles coal mining disaster, which took the lives of 180 men.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. 2011-04-23. 2011-02-12.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2011-05-14 .
  3. http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=25836&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup
  4. Book: Kenny, Hamill. West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. 1945. The Place Name Press. Piedmont, WV. 222.