McConnell, West Virginia | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | McConnell |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Logan |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.336 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.314 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.022 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 514 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1636.9 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 900 |
Coordinates: | 37.8256°N -81.9667°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 25646 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 54-49732 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1555079 |
McConnell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, on the Guyandotte River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 514. It was established in 1933.
The community was named after one Mr. McConnell, a railroad promoter.[3]
McConnell is in central Logan County, on the east side of the Guyandotte River, a north-flowing tributary of the Ohio River. The CDP is bordered to the north by Stollings. Hanging Rock Highway, former West Virginia Route 10, is the main road through the community, leading northwest (downriver) 3miles to Logan, the county seat, and southeast (upriver) 10miles to Man. WV-10, now a four-lane limited access highway, runs up the valley on the west side of the river with local access 2miles southeast and northwest of town.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the McConnell CDP has a total area of 0.9sqkm, of which 0.06sqkm, or 6.58%, are water.[1]