Gauley Bridge, West Virginia

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
Town
	Location of Gauley Bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia.
	Coordinates: 38°10′4″N 81°11′49″W / 38.16778°N 81.19694°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Fayette
Area
• Total	1.63 sq mi (4.22 km2)
• Land	1.58 sq mi (4.10 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2)
Elevation	810 ft (247 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	614
• Estimate (2019)	553
• Density	349.56/sq mi (134.93/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	25085
Area code	304
FIPS code	54-30364
GNIS feature ID	1554543
Website	https://local.wv.gov/gauleybridge/Pages/default.aspx

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 southwest 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.^[6] Gauley Bridge was close to the site of the Hawk's Nest incident, in which hundreds of people died in the 1920s and 1930s.

^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ 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. 262. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016.

[CenPopGazetteer2019-1] "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.

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[GR2-4] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[GR3-5] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[6] 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. 262. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016.

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