Monongah West Virginia Map

About Monongah, West Virginia

Monongah is a locality in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 965. The population density is 763.5 people per km². Monongah is located at 39.4626°N, 80.2181°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Monongah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 26554.

Monongah holds the quiet, weighted stillness of a place defined by the slow, persistent carving of the West Fork River through the earth. It lies 4.3 miles west-southwest of Fairmont, WV (from Fairmont, WV: bearing 249°T), and is situated 4.1 miles west of Pleasant Valley. The landscape rises in steep, verdant embankments that hold the morning mist until well past the hour of dawn, creating a theater of shadow and sharp light. Within the borders of Monongah, the land feels held in place by the density of the surrounding woodland, where the heavy boughs of hardwoods lean toward the water. Monongah City Park serves as a quiet center for local life, offering a patch of managed green that contrasts with the rugged, unyielding geometry of the ridge-top terrain.

Legacy in Monongah is measured by the deep, subterranean pulse of the coal industry that once dictated the rhythm of every household and remains a silent, foundational presence in the local consciousness. Though the frantic pace of the mining era has faded into a reflective, deliberate cadence, the architecture of the streets—the sturdy, modest dwellings—remains a clear echo of the labor that built the region. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned integrity, far removed from the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains that rim the horizon. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Barrackville Number 41 Lake when they seek a different sort of stillness, finding in the water’s edge a mirror for the enduring, resolute character of the people who persist in these hollows.

About This Monongah Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Monongah, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.462585, -80.218138. 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 Monongah includes the ZIP code (26554), 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.