| Official Name: | Pickens, 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: | Randolph |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.031 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.031 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 66 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2687 |
| Coordinates: | 38.655°N -80.2117°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 26230 |
| Area Code: | 304 & 681 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1544793 |
Pickens is a census-designated place (CDP) in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Pickens is 13miles west-southwest of Huttonsville. It is the home of the Cunningham-Roberts Museum. Pickens has a post office with ZIP code 26230.[3] As of the 2010 census, its population was 66.
In 1891, George M. Whitescarver (1831-1914), a railroad official and coal and timber magnate, along with several other investors, purchased a large tract of land in Randolph County from James Pickens, Jr. Here they built several planing mills and a sawmill that had a capacity of ten million feet per year. Pickens was founded and named the following year, by which time the railroad had been extended to that point.[4]
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Pickens has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.[5]