Gatewood, West Virginia Explained

Gatewood is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

The community was named after Elizabeth Gatewood Bibb, the wife of an early settler.[1]

References

38.0106°N -81.0608°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kenny, Hamill. West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. https://archive.today/20160828004331/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=290;size=125. dead. 2016-08-28. 1945. The Place Name Press. Piedmont, WV. 262.

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