Elk Garden, West Virginia

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Elk Garden, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in the Appalachian region of northeastern West Virginia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Elk Garden, West Virginia canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
areaCode 304 ⓘ
681 ⓘ
censusDesignation incorporated place ⓘ
climateRegion humid continental / Appalachian highland climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Mineral County, West Virginia ⓘ
countySeatOfCounty not a county seat ⓘ
featureClass populated place ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus incorporated ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown 19th century ⓘ
isInNorthernHemisphere true ⓘ
isInWesternHemisphere true ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian region ⓘ
northeastern West Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn Allegheny Plateau (Appalachian Mountains) ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian Plateau
namedAfter nearby elk habitat or Elk Garden coalfield (historical association) ⓘ
nearestLargeCity Cumberland, Maryland ⓘ
partOf Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ
populationCharacteristic small population ⓘ
postalCode 26717 ⓘ
primaryEconomicHistory coal mining ⓘ
region Potomac Highlands of West Virginia ⓘ
regionType rural community ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
transportationAccess served by local West Virginia state routes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mineral County, West Virginia → hasSettlement → Elk Garden, West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia Route 42 → passesThrough → Elk Garden, West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia Route 42 → connectsCommunity → Elk Garden, West Virginia ⓘ