Beaver, West Virginia Beaver, West Virginia Location of Beaver, West Virginia Location of Beaver, West Virginia State West Virginia Beaver is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA.
Beaver first acquired its name around 1860 "from the great numbers of beavers abounding in the creeks amid the early days of settlement", as stated to A History of Shady Spring District (1979) compiled by the Shady Spring District Woman's Club.
When the improve became eligible for a postal service in the early 1900s, the inhabitants identified another West Virginia town already had the name.
The inhabitants petitioned the federal government for another name change and finally, the improve was officially titled Beaver in 1939.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 4.4 square miles (11.4 km ), of which, 4.4 square miles (11.4 km ) of it is territory and 0.23% is water.
In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the CDP was $25,863, and the median income for a family was $32,083.
About 9.2% of families and 16.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.6% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.
Municipalities and communities of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States Beaver Bolt Bradley Coal City Crab Orchard Daniels Eccles Ghent Glen White Helen Mac - Arthur Piney View Prosperity Shady Spring Stanaford Abney Abraham Affinity Ameagle Amigo Arnett Artie Battleship Baylor Beckley Junction Besoco Birchton Blue Jay Blue Jay 6 Bob Bone Lick Bragg Circle View Cirtsville Clear Creek Clifftop Coalgate Colcord Cool Ridge Cranberry Crow Dillon Dameron Dorothy Dry Creek Dry Hill Dugout East Beckley Eastgulf Edwight Egeria Emerson Eunice Epperly Fairdale Fireco Fitzpatrick Friendly View Glade Springs Glen Daniel Glen Morgan Grandview Hamlet Harper Hollywood Hoohoo Hotchkiss Jap Jarrolds Valley Jenny Gap Johnstown Jonben Josephine Lanark Leevale Lego Lillybrook Lynwinn Madeline Maple Meadow Maple Fork Marfork Masseyville Matville Maynor Mc - Alpin Mc - Creery Mead Metalton Midway Montcoal Mountview Naoma Norvelle Odd Oswald Packsville Peachtree Pear Pemberton Pettry Bottom Pettus Pine Hills Pineknob Pluto Posey Price Hill Princewick Raleigh Redbird Riley Rock Creek Rodes Roxie Royal Saxon Shiloh Sink Skelton Slab Fork Soak Creek Sprague Stickney Stonecoal Junction Stonewall Stotesbury Stover Sullivan Sundial Surveyor Sweeneyburg Table Rock Take In Hollow Tams Terry Terry Junction Tilden Tolleys Trap Hill Ury Warden Whitby White Oak Wickham Winding Gulf Woodpeck Wright Zada This populated place also has portions in an contiguous county or counties
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Census-designated places in Raleigh County, West Virginia - Census-designated places in West Virginia - Unincorporated communities in West Virginia - Unincorporated communities in Raleigh County, West Virginia
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