Quinwood West Virginia Map

About Quinwood, West Virginia

Quinwood is a locality in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 222. The population density is 247.7 people per km². Quinwood is located at 38.0576°N, 80.7068°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Quinwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 25981.

Quinwood occupies a persistent, narrow reach of land where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant horizon. It lies 32.6 miles northeast of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 54°T), and is situated 17.4 miles south-southeast of Summersville. Meadow Creek winds through the low ground, its dark, persistent current carving a path through the dense Appalachian hardwood forest that defines the surrounding terrain. Light here possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the silvered bark of poplar trees and illuminating the mist that rises from the damp floor of the hollows. Five miles away, the open expanse of Shillings Flat offers a brief, grassy respite from the dense, vertical complexity of the woods. Within the immediate footprint of the landscape, Quinwood Recreation Area provides a quiet space for the community to gather, its perimeter defined by the quiet tenacity of mountain vegetation that reclaims any patch of ground left untended.

Economic rhythms in Quinwood remain tethered to the deep, silent history of the coal seams that once dictated the pulse of every household. Where the rail lines once hummed with the weight of raw mineral wealth, the present era moves with a measured, deliberate gravity, favoring the steady work of those who remember the labor of the past. The legacy of the coal camps lingers in the architecture of the older streets, where weathered frame structures stand as witnesses to a period of intense, industrial industry. While the bustle of the mines has retreated into memory, the spirit of the place remains fixed upon the rugged, self-reliant character of the people who persist in these hills. Life here proceeds without the frantic velocity of larger centers, allowing the seasonal cycles of the woodland to dictate the pace of the day, from the first frost on the ridges to the long, quiet shadows cast by the Appalachian Mountains far to the east.

About This Quinwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Quinwood, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.057616, -80.706756. 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 Quinwood includes the ZIP code (25981), telephone area code (304), county seat of Greenbrier County (Lewisburg), and school district assignment (Greenbrier 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.