Fayette County, West Virginia

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county of West Virginia

Fayette County, West Virginia is a largely rural Appalachian county known for its outdoor recreation, especially whitewater rafting and rock climbing around the New River Gorge.

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Label Occurrences
Fayette County, West Virginia canonical 26
Fayette County, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county of West Virginia ⓘ
bordersRiver New River ⓘ
contains New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
surface form: New River Gorge

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Fayetteville, West Virginia ⓘ
crossedBy New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
FIPSCode 54-019 ⓘ
GNISID 1554510 ⓘ
governingBody Fayette County government ⓘ
surface form: Fayette County Commission
hasCity Fayetteville, West Virginia ⓘ
Oak Hill, West Virginia ⓘ
hasCommunity Gauley Bridge, West Virginia ⓘ
hasFeature New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
surface form: New River Gorge cliffs
hasProtectedArea Babcock State Park ⓘ
Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park ⓘ
Hawks Nest State Park ⓘ
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
hasTown Ansted, West Virginia ⓘ
Montgomery, West Virginia ⓘ
Smithers, West Virginia ⓘ
historicalIndustry coal mining ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hostsEvent Bridge Day ⓘ
knownFor outdoor recreation ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
largestCity Oak Hill, West Virginia ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachia ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian region

Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
surface form: United States Appalachian Mountains

southern West Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ
partOf Fayette County, West Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fayette County, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
surface form: New River Gorge region
popularActivities BASE jumping during Bridge Day ⓘ
camping ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
whitewater kayaking ⓘ
primaryEconomicSectors outdoor recreation industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
regionType largely rural ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Oak Hill, West Virginia → county → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Oak Hill, West Virginia → locatedIn → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Oak Hill, West Virginia → partOf → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Fayetteville → county → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Fayetteville, West Virginia
Fayetteville → isCountySeatOf → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Fayetteville, West Virginia
Raleigh County, West Virginia → formedFrom → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Raleigh County, West Virginia → borderedBy → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Summers County, West Virginia → bordersOn → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Oak Hill → locatedIn → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Oak Hill, West Virginia
Oak Hill → isInCountrySubdivision → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Oak Hill, West Virginia
West Virginia Route 20 → passesThrough → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia Turnpike → passesThroughCounty → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Gauley River → flowsThrough → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
New River Gorge Bridge → locatedIn → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Fayette County, West Virginia → partOf → Fayette County, West Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fayette County, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area
U.S. Route 19 Business (Fayetteville–Beckley, West Virginia) → locatedIn → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Smithers, West Virginia, United States → locatedIn → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Smithers, West Virginia
Bridge Day → locatedIn → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia Route 3 → locatedIn → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia Route 3 → connects → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Fayetteville, West Virginia → county → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Fayetteville, West Virginia → namedFor → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Fayetteville, West Virginia → isCountySeatOf → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Fayetteville, West Virginia → partOf → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Mount Hope, West Virginia → locatedIn → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Meadow Bridge, West Virginia → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ