The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusElkview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,116 at the 2020 census. It is named after the Elk River, which flows into the Kanawha River. Interstate 79, the "Jennings Randolph Expressway", provides highway access to Elkview from exit 9. U.S. Route 119 also reaches Elkview. A shopping center was built off I-79, which includes a La Quinta Inns and Suites, Kroger, and several fast food restaurants. Hundreds of people were stranded at this shopping center during the 2016 West Virginia flood, as the bridge leading to it from the interstate was washed away. This small town is nestled between the larger town of Clendenin, and the.…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,222 to 1,116 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Elkview yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elkview’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Elkview is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Elkview has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clendenin Historic District in Clendenin, 8 miles away.
Elkview and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.