| Official Name: | Wharncliffe, West Virginia |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mingo |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 850 |
| Coordinates: | 37.5553°N -81.9656°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 25651 |
| Area Code: | 304 & 681 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1548976[1] |
Wharncliffe is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. It is 7miles southwest of Gilbert, and has a post office with ZIP code 25651.[2]
The origin of the town's name is obscure.[3] It shares its name with a village north of Sheffield in England called Wharncliffe Crags, and the associated Earls of Wharncliffe.
Wharncliffe was a stronghold for the Hatfield family in the infamous Hatfield–McCoy feud.[4] In 1899, William "Devil Anse" Hatfield was arrested by a group of 50 men and several officials from Huntington, West Virginia, along with his son Robert Lee "Bob" Hatfield and son-in-law John Dingess.[5]
Wharncliffe is a junction on the Norfolk Southern Railway (former Norfolk and Western) network, where the three states of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky meet.