St. George West Virginia Map

About St. George, West Virginia

St. George is a locality in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 74. The population density is 27.1 people per km². St. George is located at 39.1668°N, 79.7023°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 26287.

St. George emerges from the confluence of damp, shaded earth and the persistent, low-running pulse of Minear Run. It lies 32.2 miles southeast of Fairmont, WV (from Fairmont, WV: bearing 133°T), and is situated 18.4 miles north-northeast of Elkins. The air here holds a heavy, settled quality, smelling of damp limestone and the decay of fallen leaves that carpet the forest floor of the Blackwater Wildlife Management Area. To the west, the landscape rises into a series of sharp, stubborn ridges that define the horizon, while the terrain itself remains defined by the deep, shadowed recesses of Coon Hollow. Sunlight struggles to reach the valley floor in the late afternoon, turning the canopy into a bruised, shifting gray that clings to the bark of hardwoods. When the wind moves through the branches, it carries the dry, rattling sound of high-elevation timber, a reminder that the distant Allegheny Mountains exert a silent, cooling pressure on the atmosphere.

History in St. George remains etched into the uneven topography, where the vestiges of early settlement labor against the encroaching wild of the surrounding woodlands. The local economy has long since shifted away from its formative roots, leaving behind a pace of life that values the quiet maintenance of property and the slow cycles of the seasons. Residents often look toward the Shingle Tree Trail for passage through the dense, tangled undergrowth, finding a solitary connection to the land that industrial change once threatened to overwrite. While the bustle of larger hubs stays far removed, a person might spend an afternoon observing the stillness of Teter Creek Lake, where the water mirrors the sky with a clarity that feels almost intrusive. Life here persists as a series of small, deliberate gestures, existing in the spaces between the thickets and the steep, untamed slopes that refuse to be leveled.

About This St. George Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. George, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.166772, -79.702287. 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 St. George includes the ZIP code (26287), telephone area code (304), county seat of Tucker County (Parsons), and school district assignment (Tucker 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.