Frank, West Virginia | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of West Virginia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Pocahontas |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.383 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.383 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 90 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 38.5483°N -79.8056°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Frank is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 90 at the 2010 census. It was named to honor Frank Hoffman in 1926. Hoffman was the proprietor of a local tannery.[3]
The unemployment rate in Frank is 6.2% (U.S. avg. is 3.9%). Compared to the rest of the country, Frank's cost of living is 28.8% lower than the U.S. average.