Rowlesburg West Virginia Map

About Rowlesburg, West Virginia

Rowlesburg is a locality in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 438. The population density is 167.3 people per km². Rowlesburg is located at 39.3484°N, 79.6709°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Rowlesburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 26425.

Rowlesburg clings to the banks of the Cheat River, where the water carves a deep, serpentine path through the dense, verdant folds of the earth. It lies 24.4 miles south-southeast of Cheat Lake, WV (from Cheat Lake, WV: bearing 156°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south of Kingwood. The air here holds a cool, damp weight, particularly as dusk settles over the nearby ridges and the light thins into a muted, bruised violet against the treeline. Beyond the immediate riverbed, the land rises sharply into steep, shadowed grades that define the character of the terrain, eventually giving way to the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains far to the east. Within the quiet perimeter of Rowlesburg Community Park, the pulse of the landscape is felt in the steady, rhythmic movement of the current and the persistent, quiet expansion of the woods that climb toward the crests of Fill Hollow.

Industry once defined the rhythm of Rowlesburg, with the iron of the railroad tracks serving as a physical manifestation of the town’s historical ties to the heavy labor of the coal and timber trades. The economy has shifted away from the relentless extraction of the past, leaving behind a stillness that allows for the preservation of a distinct regional identity forged in the isolation of the high country. Residents navigate a landscape where the labor of previous generations remains visible in the architecture of the old depots and the sturdy, unadorned homes that face the water. On quiet afternoons, the focus turns to the preservation of local craft and the slow, deliberate pace of a life lived in the shadow of the peaks, far removed from the frantic commerce of the lowlands.

About This Rowlesburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rowlesburg, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.348431, -79.670893. 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 Rowlesburg includes the ZIP code (26425), telephone area code (304), county seat of Preston County (Kingwood), and school district assignment (Preston 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.