Gauley Bridge is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 614 at the 2010 census. The Kanawha River is formed at Gauley Bridge by the confluence of the New and Gauley Rivers. Two miles to the southeast of Gauley Bridge, in Glen Ferris, is Kanawha Falls, a popular stopping point on Midland Trail Scenic Highway.
The community was named after a bridge over the Gauley River near the original town site. Gauley Bridge was close to the site of the Hawk’s Nest incident, in which hundreds of people died in the 1920s and 1930s.
Name: | Gauley Bridge town |
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LSAD Code: | 43 |
LSAD Description: | town (suffix) |
State: | West Virginia |
County: | Fayette County |
Elevation: | 810 ft (247 m) |
Total Area: | 1.63 sq mi (4.22 km²) |
Land Area: | 1.58 sq mi (4.10 km²) |
Water Area: | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km²) |
Total Population: | 614 |
Population Density: | 349.56/sq mi (134.93/km²) |
ZIP code: | 25085 |
Area code: | 304 |
FIPS code: | 5430364 |
GNISfeature ID: | 1554543 |
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Geography
Gauley Bridge is located at 38°10′04″N 81°11′49″W / 38.167815°N 81.197079°W / 38.167815; -81.197079 (38.167815, -81.197079).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.63 square miles (4.22 km), of which 1.58 square miles (4.09 km) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km) is water.
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