Kincaid West Virginia Map

About Kincaid, West Virginia

Kincaid is a locality in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 191. The population density is 85.7 people per km². Kincaid is located at 38.0407°N, 81.2701°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 25119.

Kincaid occupies a narrow, quiet stretch of land where the earth seems to fold into itself, defined by the persistent, dark passage of Loop Creek. It lies 18.7 miles north-northwest of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 346°T), and is situated 8.1 miles northwest of Oak Hill. Glenco Hollow cuts through the terrain, creating a tight, vertical world where the morning light struggles to reach the floor before mid-morning. The landscape remains dominated by the dense, persistent growth of Appalachian hardwood, which covers the ridges in a shifting palette of emerald and rust. While the Appalachian Mountains loom distantly on the horizon as a hazy, blue-gray suggestion of greater scale, the immediate environment is one of intimate, shadowed slopes and the steady, rhythmic movement of water through the creek bed.

Kincaid grew from the deep, subterranean pulse of the coal industry, a history that remains visible in the hushed, deliberate pace of the streets and the sturdy, unadorned architecture left behind by generations of labor. The economy has transitioned away from the mines, leaving a quietude that allows the natural surroundings to reclaim the edges of the property lines. Residents often travel to the Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area to find space in the stillness, or look toward the distant rush of Kanawha Falls to mark the power of the region’s waterways. Life here moves with a certain gravity, grounded by the memory of the work that defined the valley and the persistent, quiet beauty of the woods that continue to press against the town limits.

About This Kincaid Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kincaid, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.040664, -81.270108. 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 Kincaid includes the ZIP code (25119), telephone area code (304), county seat of Fayette County (Fayetteville), and school district assignment (Fayette 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.