Ellenboro West Virginia Map

About Ellenboro, West Virginia

Ellenboro is a locality in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 221. The population density is 75.8 people per km². Ellenboro is located at 39.2645°N, 81.0562°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ellenboro is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 26346.

Ellenboro unfolds across a landscape defined by the persistent, winding course of Hushers Run, which carves a modest path through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 26.7 miles east of Vienna, WV (from Vienna, WV: bearing 99°T), and is situated 11.9 miles southeast of St. Marys. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of leaf mold and damp stone, a sensory reminder of the deep, shadowed folds of Brooks Hollow nearby. While the distant Appalachian Mountains provide a faint, serrated silhouette against the horizon, the immediate geography remains one of intimate, undulating slopes and dense timber. Light in Ellenboro favors the late afternoon, when the sun catches the moisture rising from the ground, turning the atmosphere into a translucent, golden veil that softens the sharp edges of the timbered ridges.

Life in Ellenboro retains a quiet, deliberate pace, shaped by a legacy of industry that once pulled its sustenance from the earth and the rails. The proximity to North Bend State Park offers a sanctuary of preserved woodland, grounding the local identity in the rhythms of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of the modern world. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of the Pennsboro Water Supply Lake for moments of stillness, a contrast to the industrious history that defined early settlement patterns in this region. Whether through the maintenance of small-scale agriculture or the quiet persistence of those who call the hollows home, Ellenboro maintains a character defined by a sturdy, quiet independence that remains largely untouched by the haste of the outside world.

About This Ellenboro Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ellenboro, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.264523, -81.056222. 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 Ellenboro includes the ZIP code (26346), telephone area code (304), county seat of Ritchie County (Harrisville), and school district assignment (Ritchie 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.