Helen, West Virginia
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Street view Helen West Virginia
Helen, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Helen, West Virginia
Helen, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°38′5″N 81°18′50″W / 37.63472°N 81.31389°W / 37.63472; -81.31389
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRaleigh
Area
  Total0.238 sq mi (0.62 km2)
  Land0.238 sq mi (0.62 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation1,631 ft (497 m)
Population
  Total219
  Density920/sq mi (360/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (CDT)
ZIP codes
25853
GNIS feature ID1554679[2]

Helen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 219.[3] West Virginia Route 16, Winding Gulf and railroad tracks run right through the community.[4]

The Helen mine and coal camp was opened in the 1910s by the East Gulf Coal Company. Many years later, the mine was operated by the Koppers Coal company, which then became the Eastern Gas & Fuel - Coal Division, and even later Eastern Associated Coal Company. Eastern Associated operated the Helen mine into the 1980s.

Today, Helen remains a small, unincorporated area in southern West Virginia. There is a Baptist church there.

References

  1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Helen, West Virginia
  3. 1 2 "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  4. Raleigh County, West Virginia General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.


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