Map of Flatwoods town, West Virginia

Flatwoods is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, located approximately one mile from exit 67 of Interstate 79.

The population of Flatwoods was 264 as of the 2020 census.

Flatwoods town overview:
Name:	Flatwoods town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	West Virginia
County:	Braxton County
Incorporated:	1901; 122 years ago (1901)
Elevation:	1,071 ft (326 m)
Total Area:	0.66 sq mi (1.70 km²)
Land Area:	0.66 sq mi (1.70 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	264
Population Density:	400/sq mi (160/km²)
ZIP code:	26621
Area code:	304
FIPS code:	5427868
GNISfeature ID:	1539070

Online Interactive Map

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

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History

Although first incorporated in 1902, maps show the existence of Flatwoods as a town in 1873, and a church was established by a pastor named John Clark at the community there as early as 1830. The West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad extended a branch through Flatwoods in the late 1800s. Later, the line was taken over by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and Flatwoods was a halfway point on the B&O Railroad’s Clarksburg-Richwood branch, approximately 62.6 miles from the Clarksburg terminal, and 59.1 miles from the Richwood terminal. The town also served as the origin of West Virginia & Pittsburgh Railroad’s Sutton Branch.

The community became nationally known for the Flatwoods monster UFO incident which occurred on September 12, 1952.

Flatwoods Road Map

Flatwoods city Satellite Map

Geography

Flatwoods is located at 38°43′17″N 80°39′11″W / 38.721374°N 80.652957°W / 38.721374; -80.652957 (38.721374, -80.652957). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.66 square miles (1.71 km), all land.