Mannington West Virginia Map

About Mannington, West Virginia

Mannington is a locality in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,952. The population density is 689.5 people per km². Mannington is located at 39.5309°N, 80.3434°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Mannington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 26582.

Mannington claims its space along the winding, low-slung banks of Buffalo Creek, where the water cuts a path through the dense, shadowed folds of the land. It lies 11.2 miles west-northwest of Fairmont, WV (from Fairmont, WV: bearing 287°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northwest of Shinnston. The terrain here is defined by a persistent, heavy greenness, where the earth rises in steep, timbered slopes that shoulder against the sky. Mannington occupies a portion of the ground within the boundaries of Bowers Playground, a space that holds the quiet weight of the woods and the slow, deliberate movement of the wind through the canopy. The light in the late afternoon catches the silt in the creek, turning the water into a ribbon of hammered pewter as it moves past the foundations of the older buildings, indifferent to the structures that cling to its margins.

Industry once pulled its lifeblood from the deep, dark veins of the earth, leaving behind a legacy of coal-camp memory that still echoes in the cadence of local speech and the weathered architecture of the streets. While the heavy machinery of the past has largely fallen silent, the rhythm of Mannington remains tied to the hard-won independence of those who carved a life out of these stubborn, broken hills. The nearby Consol Number Nine Water Supply Lake holds a mirror to the clouds, a still, artificial basin that speaks to the town’s long reliance on the resources hidden beneath the shale. Life here proceeds with a tempered, watchful grace, marked by the changing seasons that wash over the ridges and the enduring, stoic character of a place that has seen the rise and fall of the fires that once fed its furnaces.

About This Mannington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mannington, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.530917, -80.343418. 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 Mannington includes the ZIP code (26582), telephone area code (304), county seat of Marion County (Fairmont), and school district assignment (Marion 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.