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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Fayette County

 
Clickable Map of Fayette County, West Virginia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Fayette County, WV (221) Greenbrier County, WV (92) Kanawha County, WV (210) Nicholas County, WV (46) Raleigh County, WV (99) Summers County, WV (54)  FayetteCounty(221) Fayette County (221)  GreenbrierCounty(92) Greenbrier County (92)  KanawhaCounty(210) Kanawha County (210)  NicholasCounty(46) Nicholas County (46)  RaleighCounty(99) Raleigh County (99)  SummersCounty(54) Summers County (54)
Fayetteville is the county seat for Fayette County
Adjacent to Fayette County, West Virginia
Greenbrier County (92)  ►
Kanawha County (210)  ►
Nicholas County (46)  ►
Raleigh County (99)  ►
Summers County (54)  ►
 
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1 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — "Contentment" —
On West Main Street (U.S. 60).
2 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — "Halfway House" —
On James River and Kanawha Turnpike East (County Road 60/33) at Tyree Street, on the right when traveling east on James River and Kanawha Turnpike East.
3 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Contentment — Home of George W. Imboden —
On West Main Street (U.S. 60) at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on West Main Street.
4 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Did You Know? —
Near East Main Street (U.S. 60) at Holley Street.
5 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Hawk’s Nest —
On U.S. 60 1.7 miles west of Fox Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
6 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Hawk’s Nest Tunnel —
On Midland Trail (U.S. 60), on the left when traveling west.
7 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Hawks Nest Strike —
Near East Main Street (U.S. 60) at Holley Street.
8 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster —
Near East Main Street (U.S. 60) at Holley Street.
9 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — FA 1 — Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster —
Near Midland Trail (U.S. 60) 0.4 miles west of Short Street.
10 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — History Around the Cupola —
Near East Main Street (U.S. 60) at Holley Street.
11 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Jackson's Mother —
On East Main Street (U.S. 60) at Cemetery Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street.
12 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — New Haven Veterans' Memorial — VFW Post 7695 —
On East Main Street (U.S. 60) at Cemetery Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street.
13 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Paul Peck —
On Holley Street at Midland Trail (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north on Holley Street.
14 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Salt Sand —
Near West Main Street (U.S. 60) near Orchard Street.
15 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — The Town of Ansted — America's Byways / National Coal Heritage Area —
On Holley Street at Midland Trail (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north on Holley Street.
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16 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Tyree Tavern — Confederate and Union Headquarters —
On James River and Kanawha Turnpike (County Route 60/33) at Tyree Street, on the right when traveling east on James River and Kanawha Turnpike.
17 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Westlake Cemetery — Burial Place of Julia Jackson —
On Cemetery Street at Clay Street on Cemetery Street.
18 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — William Nelson Page —
Near East Main Street (U.S. 60) at Holley Street.
19 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Belva — Seaberry Arms Osborne —
On Dixie Highway (West Virginia Route 16) just north of Twenty Mile Creek Road (Route 16/3), on the left when traveling south.
20 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Boomer — Ancient Works —
On U.S. 60 0.4 miles east of Park Road.
21 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Clifftop — Camp Washington Carver — African American Heritage Tour —
On Camp Carver/Washington Carver Road.
22 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Clifftop — Camp Washington-Carver —
On Camp Carver Road (Local Route 11/3) 1.2 miles west of Clifftop Road (County Route 11), on the right when traveling north.
23 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Abraham Vandal —
On North Court Street (West Virginia Route 16).
24 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — American Legion Post 149 Veterans Memorial Torch —
On County Route 8, on the right when traveling west.
25 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Battle of Fayetteville — Defense and Retreat
On North Court Street (State Highway 16) at East Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Court Street. Reported permanently removed.
26 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Battle of Fayetteville — (1862) / (1863) —
On North Court Street (Route 16) at Keller Avenue (County Route 82), on the right when traveling north on North Court Street.
27 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Battle of Fayetteville — Defense and Retreat — West Virginia Civil War Trails —
On North Court Street (West Virginia Route 16) at East Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Court Street.
28 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Changing Community — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Long Point Trail (County Road 9-8) north of Timber Ridge Trail, on the left when traveling north.
29 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Enduring Beauty — New River Gorge National River —
On Access road to Lower New River Take-Out parking near Fayette Station Road (County Route 82).
30 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Faith During War — A Jewish Seder in the Wilds —
On Rotan Street (Local Road 19/15) at Austin Street and King Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Rotan Street.
31 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Fayette County Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial —
Near North Court Street south of West Wiseman Avenue ( Route 16), on the left.
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32 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Fayette County Soldiers & Sailers Memorial Building —
On West Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
33 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Fayetteville —
On North Court Street (West Virginia Route 16), on the left when traveling west.
34 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Fayetteville Korean War Memorial —
Near Park Drive.
35 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Fayetteville Town Park —
On Academy Court (County Road 8) at Park Drive, on the right when traveling east on Academy Court.
36 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Forever Changing Forest — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Long Point Trail north of Butchers Bridge Trail, on the right when traveling north.
37 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — From Coal Mining to Rock Climbing — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Fayette Station Road (County Road 82), on the right when traveling east.
38 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Growth of an Era — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Fayette Station Road (County Road 82) 2.9 miles west of Lansing Loop (County Road 85/3), on the left when traveling west.
39 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Indirect Firing —
On Nickelville Road (County Route 19/1) north of Talbert Road, on the left when traveling south.
40 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Land Of The Free —
On West Maple Aenue, on the right when traveling west.
41 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Lest We Forget —
On West Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
42 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Marquis de Lafayette — (1757-1834) —
On North Court Street (West Virginia Route 16), on the left when traveling east.
43 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Morris Harvey House —
On East Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
44 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Natural Renewal —
On Fayette Station Road (County Road 82), on the right when traveling east.
45 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — New River Gorge Bridge —
On Visitors Center Road 0.2 miles west of Fayette Mine Road (County Road 85/9), on the left when traveling west.
46 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Spanning the Gorge — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Fayette Station Road (County Road 82), on the right when traveling east.
47 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — The Right for Safety and Equality — New River Gorge National River —
On a day-use area parking lot near Fayette Station Road (County Route 82).
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48 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Townsend’s Ferry —
On Fayette Station Road (State Road 82) near the Tunney Hunsaker Bridge.
49 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Vandalia Cemetery —
On High Street north of West Wiseman Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
50 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Fayetteville — Working In a Coal Mine — New River Gorge National River —
On a day-use area parking lot near Fayette Station Road (County Route 82).
51 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Gauley Bridge — Battles For The Bridges — Gauley Bridge - A Town in Between
On Midland Trail (U.S. 60) at Taylor Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Midland Trail. Reported missing.
52 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Gauley Bridge — Christopher Q. Tompkins / Gauley Mount —
On Midland Trail (U.S. 60) 9.7 miles west of Route 16, on the right when traveling west.
53 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Gauley Bridge — Gauley Bridge —
On U.S. 60 0.1 miles east of Route 16, on the right when traveling east.
54 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Gauley Bridge — Gauley Bridge — Gateway to the Kanawha Valley — West Virginia Civil War Trails —
On Midland Trail (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling west.
55 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Gauley Bridge — Gauley Bridge War Memorial —
On Main Street/Gauley River Road at River Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street/Gauley River Road.
56 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Gauley Bridge — Less We Forget —
On Midland Trail, on the right when traveling west.
57 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Gauley Bridge — Veterans Memorial —
On Midland Trail, on the right when traveling east.
58 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Glen Ferris — Camp Reynolds —
On U.S. 60, on the right when traveling east.
59 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Glen Jean — Bank of Glen Jean — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Glen Jean Lane (Local Road 94) at McKell Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Glen Jean Lane.
60 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Glen Jean — Glen Jean — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Main Street (County Road 25/9) just south of McKell Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
61 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Glen Jean — Glen Jean Athletic Club —
On Main Street.
62 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Glen Jean — Play Ball! — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Glen Jean Lane (Local Road 94) at McKell Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Glen Jean Lane.
63 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Hilton Village — Andrew & Charles Lewis March —
On U.S. 60 at Route 41, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 60.
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64 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — A Busy Bench — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve —
On Kaymoor Miners Trail, on the left when traveling north.
65 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — A Trip Back In Time — New River Gorge National River —
On Fayette Station Road, on the right when traveling east.
66 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — From Top to Bottom — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Kaymoor Miners Trail at Kaymoor Trail, on the right when traveling west on Kaymoor Miners Trail.
67 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — Getting Coal Down — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Kaymoor Miners Trail at Kaymoor Trail, on the right when traveling west on Kaymoor Miners Trail.
68 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — Going Up? — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Kaymoor Miners Trail east of Kaymoor Trail, on the right when traveling east.
69 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — Kaymoor Bottom — New River Gorge National River —
On Kaymoor Miners Trail, on the right when traveling south.
70 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — Kaymoor One Mine —
On Kaymoor Road (County Route 9/2), on the right when traveling north.
71 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — Kaymoor One Mine — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve —
On County Route 82, on the right when traveling east.
72 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — Mountain Haulage —
On Kaymoor Road (County Route 9/2), on the right when traveling north.
73 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — Protecting Bats — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Kaymoor Miners Trail at Kaymoor Trail, on the left when traveling west on Kaymoor Miners Trail.
74 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Kaymoor — Valuable Air — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Kaymoor Trail north of Kaymoor Miners Trail, on the left when traveling north.
75 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — A Tale of Two Towns — Fayette and South Fayette — New River Gorge National River —
On Fayette Station Road (County Route 82) 2.7 miles south of the Canyon Rim Visitors Center, on the right when traveling south.
76 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — A Vital Link — Fayette Station Bridge — New River Gorge National River —
On Fayette Station Road (County Route 82) 2.7 miles south of the Canyon Rim Visitor Center, on the right when traveling south.
77 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — An Obstacle and an Avenue — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Canyon Rim Boardwalk west of Visitor Center Road, in the median.
78 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — Find Your Connection — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Canyon Rim Boardwalk west of Visitor Center Road, on the right when traveling west.
79 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — Industrial Past of the New River Gorge — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Visitor Center Road.
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80 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — Layers of History — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve —
On U.S. Highway 19, on the left when traveling east.
81 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — New River — An Eastern Oddity —
On Visitor Center Road.
82 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — New River Gorge Scenic Drives — New River Gorge National River —
On Visitor Center Road.
83 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — Smoke, Coke, Coal, and Kaymoor — New River Gorge —
On Visitor Center Road.
84 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — The Bridge —
On Visitor Center Road.
85 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — The Bridge —
On Visitors Center Road, on the left when traveling west.
86 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — The Bridge — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve —
Near Visitor Center Road east of Fayette Mine Road (Road 85/9), on the right when traveling south.
87 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — The Deceptive Forest — New River Gorge —
On Visitor Center Road.
88 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — Trail to Bridge Overlook — New River Gorge Bridge —
On Visitor Center Road.
89 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — Welcome to New River Gorge National River —
On Visitor Center Road.
90 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Layland — Layland Mine Disaster —
On Stanaford Road (West Virginia Route 41) 3.8 miles Meadow Bridge Road (County Route 41), on the left when traveling south.
91 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lookout — Spy Rock —
On U.S. 60 at Spy Rock Loop, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 60.
92 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Montgomery — Christopher H. Payne
On 2nd Avenue (West Virginia Route 61) 0.1 miles east of College Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
93 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Montgomery — Fayette County / Kanawha County —
On Fayette Pike West (West Virginia Route 61) 0.1 miles east of Jackson Street, on the left when traveling east.
94 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Montgomery — Montgomery —
On 4th Avenue east of Washington Street, on the right when traveling east.
95 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Montgomery — Montgomery —
Near Deepwater Mountain Road (West Virginia Route 61) at the Montgomery Bridge ( Route 6), on the right when traveling east.
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96 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Montgomery — Montgomery Veterans Memorial —
On Earl M Vickers Bridge (West Virginia Route 6) east of Deepwater Mountain Road ( Route 61), on the right when traveling east.
97 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Montgomery — West Virginia Institute of Technology —
On Fayette Pike West (West Virginia Route 61) 0.3 miles east of Jackson Street, on the right when traveling east.
98 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Mossy — Coal Camp History —
On Bishop Ranch (West Virginia Route 612) at Milburn Road (County Route 1/5) when traveling east on Bishop Ranch.
99 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Mossy — Mossy — Paint Creek Scenic Trail — Raleigh, Fayette, & Kanawha Counties, WV —
On Bishop Ranch (West Virginia Route 612) at Milburn Road (County Route 1/5), on the right when traveling east on Bishop Ranch.
100 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Mossy — The Rebirth of Paint Creek —
On Bishop Ranch (West Virginia Route 612) at Milburn Road (County Route 1/5), on the right when traveling east on Bishop Ranch.

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