Champwood
Champwood is located in West Virginia
Champwood
Champwood
Location within the state of West Virginia
Champwood is located in the United States
Champwood
Champwood
Champwood (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°26′36″N 78°49′9″W / 39.44333°N 78.81917°W / 39.44333; -78.81917
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMineral
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1554107[1]

Champwood is an unincorporated community on Patterson Creek in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'. Champwood lies along West Virginia Route 46.

The name is a portmanteau of Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson, who were, respectively, an early settler and the U.S. President.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Champwood, West Virginia
  2. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 163.


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