Verdunville, West Virginia Explained

Official Name:Verdunville, West Virginia
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:West Virginia#USA
Pushpin Label:Verdunville
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:2.673
Area Land Sq Mi:2.671
Area Water Sq Mi:0.002
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:687
Population Density Sq Mi:257.2
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:879
Coordinates:37.8444°N -82.055°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:25649
Area Code:304 & 681
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1548644
Blank1 Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Info:54-83332

Verdunville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. It is 3.5miles west of Logan, the county seat. Verdunville has a post office with ZIP code 25649.[3] The Verdunville CDP includes the neighboring community of Shegon. As of the 2010 census, the total CDP population was 687.

The community's name commemorates the Battle of Verdun.[4]

Geography

Verdunville is in west-central Logan County, in the valley of the Mud Fork, an east-flowing tributary of Island Creek and part of the Guyandotte River watershed. Mud Fork Road runs up the valley from Mount Gay in the east (near Logan), through Verdunville and Shegon to the northwest, and leads eventually to Dingess in Mingo County. U.S. Route 119, a four-lane expressway, forms the eastern edge of the Verdunville CDP, with the closest access from an interchange with West Virginia Route 73 north of the Mud Fork valley.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Verdunville CDP has a total area of 6.9sqkm, of which 4549order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.07%, are water.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – West Virginia. United States Census Bureau . March 17, 2021.
  2. Web site: Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Verdunville CDP, West Virginia. U.S. Census Bureau. data.census.gov. March 17, 2021.
  3. http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=25649&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. 647.