Bartow West Virginia Map

About Bartow, West Virginia

Bartow is a locality in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 64. The population density is 53.3 people per km². Bartow is located at 38.5412°N, 79.7842°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24920.

Bartow emerges from the mist as a collection of quiet dwellings anchored by the persistent, cold pulse of the East Fork Greenbrier River. It lies 59.3 miles south-southeast of Clarksburg, WV (from Clarksburg, WV: bearing 149°T), and is situated 26.8 miles south of Elkins. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, vertical ambition of the Allegheny Mountains, which loom five miles distant, casting long, bruised shadows across the valley floor as the sun dips behind the ridges. Within the immediate reach of the Monongahela National Forest, the air holds a permanent, damp chill that smells of wet shale and decaying hemlock needles. Two miles away, the narrow, shadowed depression of Hawchen Hollow offers a stark contrast to the open, water-carved path of the river, while the distant, quiet surface of Buffalo Lake remains a hidden, glassy stillness tucked away from the main thoroughfare.

Bartow bears the quiet, weathered marks of a history rooted in the extraction of timber and the rugged isolation of the high country. Life in Bartow moves in sync with the seasons, dictated by the heavy snowfall that isolates the ridges and the brief, intense green of the growing months. Residents find their rhythm in the stillness of the woods, where the Monongahela National Forest provides a sprawling, untamed backdrop for those who work the land or seek the solitude of the wilderness. For those inclined toward the steep inclines, the Burner Mountain Trail offers a path into the higher, thinner air, away from the valley where the sound of the East Fork Greenbrier River provides a constant, low-frequency hum that seems to underscore the very silence of the hills.

About This Bartow Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bartow, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.541227, -79.784224. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bartow includes the ZIP code (24920), telephone area code (304), county seat of Pocahontas County (Marlinton), and school district assignment (Pocahontas County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.