Bergoo West Virginia Map

About Bergoo, West Virginia

Bergoo is a locality in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 64. The population density is 116.6 people per km². Bergoo is located at 38.4865°N, 80.3006°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 26298.

Bergoo occupies a rugged expanse where the persistent flow of Leatherwood Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 54.9 miles south of Clarksburg, WV (from Clarksburg, WV: bearing 178°T), and is situated 33.1 miles east-northeast of Summersville. The landscape is defined by the steep incline of the earth and the deep, shadowed creases of the land, with the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains rising against the horizon like a serrated blade. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it filters through the thick canopy of hardwoods, casting a bruised, golden light that clings to the damp moss and fractured shale of the creek bed. Only four miles away, the vast, protected reaches of the Monongahela National Forest provide a quiet, unbroken expanse of wilderness that dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the days.

Bergoo carries the weight of a history rooted in the extraction of coal, an industry that once defined the rhythm of labor and the architecture of the hillside camps. While the clamor of the mines has long since faded into a profound, hollow silence, the remnants of that era persist in the layout of the dwellings and the weathered character of the older structures. Residents look toward the nearby Johnson Hollow and the distant, sprawling expanse of Sutton Lake as anchors within the broader, rugged topography of the region. Life here is measured by the changing seasons and the resilience of those who remain, finding a stark, quiet beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the ridges, obscuring the past while grounding the present in the unyielding soil.

About This Bergoo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bergoo, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.486499, -80.300633. 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 Bergoo includes the ZIP code (26298), telephone area code (304), county seat of Webster County (Webster Springs), and school district assignment (Webster 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.