Man West Virginia Map

About Man, West Virginia

Man is a locality in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 772. The population density is 272.0 people per km². Man is located at 37.7398°N, 81.8776°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Man is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 25635, 25617.

Man occupies a narrow, rugged crease in the earth where the Guyandotte River carves a serpentine path through the dense, verdant slopes. It lies 37.8 miles west of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 266°T), and is situated 26.6 miles northwest of Welch. The landscape defines itself by the steep rise of the land, where the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains seem to linger long after the sun has slipped behind the timbered ridges. Moisture clings to the dark, loamy soil of Henry Hollow, and the air here possesses a cool, heavy clarity that suggests the persistent influence of the deep woods. In the quiet hours of early morning, the light catches the mist rising from the river, softening the sharp edges of the valley walls until the earth and sky appear to hold their breath in a singular, suspended stillness.

Man grew from the rhythmic pulse of the coal industry, a history etched into the very alignment of the streets that follow the valley floor. The local economy, once singular in its devotion to the extraction of deep-earth energy, now shifts toward a more tempered pace, where the labor of previous generations remains visible in the sturdy, weathered architecture of the storefronts. Residents often look toward the nearby R. D. Bailey Lake for a different kind of quiet, or find respite in the expansive trails of the R.D. Bailey Recreation Area. Life in Man moves with a measured, deliberate gravity, defined by a fierce local pride that persists long after the clamor of the mines has faded into the hum of the surrounding hardwoods.

About This Man Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Man, West Virginia. Coordinates: 37.739829, -81.877619. 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 Man includes the ZIP code (25635, 25617), telephone area code (304), county seat of Logan County (Logan), and school district assignment (Logan 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.