Map of Eccles CDP

Eccles is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Eccles is located on West Virginia Route 3, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Beckley. Eccles has a post office with ZIP code 25836. As of the 2010 census, its population is 362.

The community was originally named after the book Ecclesiastes, where the mining company of its namesake was formed around the turn of the century. The name was later shortened by the local post office to Eccles to allow for easier postage and mail flow due to a common inability to correctly spell the name. Eccles is the site of the April 28, 1914 Eccles coal mining disaster, which took the lives of 180 men.

Eccles CDP overview:
Name:	Eccles CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	West Virginia
County:	Raleigh County
Elevation:	2,090 ft (640 m)
Total Area:	0.689 sq mi (1.78 km²)
Land Area:	0.687 sq mi (1.78 km²)
Water Area:	0.002 sq mi (0.005 km²)
Total Population:	362
Population Density:	530/sq mi (200/km²)
ZIP code:	25836
Area code:	304 & 681
FIPS code:	5423644
GNISfeature ID:	1538540

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Eccles online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.