Berwind, West Virginia

Berwind
Berwind
Census-designated place
	Berwind Location within the state of West Virginia
	Coordinates: 37°16′7″N 81°40′0″W / 37.26861°N 81.66667°WCoordinates: 37°16′7″N 81°40′0″W / 37.26861°N 81.66667°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Area
• Total	0.301 sq mi (0.78 km2)
• Land	0.289 sq mi (0.75 km2)
• Water	0.012 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	278
• Density	920/sq mi (360/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)

Berwind is a town on the Dry Fork in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population is 278.^[2] The town is named for Edward Julius Berwind, owner of the Berwind Company, and was originally a company town. It was later incorporated in 1905.^{[citation needed]} Berwind is the hometown of Vern Bickford, a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Braves in Boston (1948-1952) and Milwaukee (1953), and for the Baltimore Orioles (1954). Berwind is also encompassed by the Berwind census designated place.

Berwind is on the Norfolk Southern Railway(former Norfolk and Western) network and the Tug Fork river.

References[]

^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.

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[GR1-1] "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

[GR8-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.

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[2]

hide v t Municipalities and communities of McDowell County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Welch
Cities	Gary Keystone War Welch
Towns	Anawalt Bradshaw Davy Iaeger Kimball Northfork
CDPs	Bartley Berwind Big Sandy Crumpler Cucumber Maybeury Pageton Raysal Roderfield Vivian
Unincorporated communities	Algoma Alpheus Antler Apple Grove Asco Ashland Atwell Avondale Beartown Big Four Bishop Black Wolf Bottom Creek Brewsterdale Canebrake Capels Caretta Carlos Carswell Cherokee Clark Clear Fork Junction Coalwood Dan Eckman Eight Elkhorn English Ennis Erin Faraday Garland Gilliam Havaco Hemphill Hensley Hull Isaban‡ Jackson Flats Jacobs Fork Jed Jenkinjones Johnnycake Jolo Krollitz Kyle Landgraff Leckie Lex Lila Litwar Longpole Maitland Marine Marytown McDowell Mohawk Mohegan Monson Newhall Panther Paynesville Peapatch‡ Powhatan Premier Ream Rift Rockridge Rolfe Sandy Huff Six Skygusty Squire Superior Switchback Twin Branch Union City Upland Vallscreek Venus Warriormine Wilmore Worth Wyoming City Yerba Yukon
Ghost town	Hix
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Berwind
Census-designated place
Berwind Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°16′7″N 81°40′0″W / 37.26861°N 81.66667°W / 37.26861; -81.66667Coordinates: 37°16′7″N 81°40′0″W / 37.26861°N 81.66667°W / 37.26861; -81.66667
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Area ^[1]
• Total	0.301 sq mi (0.78 km²)
• Land	0.289 sq mi (0.75 km²)
• Water	0.012 sq mi (0.03 km²)
Population (2010)^[2]
• Total	278
• Density	920/sq mi (360/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)