Winfield West Virginia Map

About Winfield, West Virginia

Winfield is a locality in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,393. The population density is 391.8 people per km². Winfield is located at 38.5267°N, 81.8855°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Winfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 26554, 25213.

Winfield occupies a quiet bend of the landscape where the Reuben Run carves a modest path through the earth, marking the land with its steady, unadorned transit. It lies 3.3 miles east of Fairmont, WV (from Fairmont, WV: bearing 96°T), and is situated 3.6 miles east-northeast of Pleasant Valley. The surrounding terrain rises in slow, deliberate swells of heavy clay and dark loam, supporting thick stands of hardwood that catch the low, slanted light of late afternoon. High above the valley floor, the air holds a cool, damp weight, smelling of wet stone and decaying leaves that gather in the shadows of the deeper ravines. While the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Appalachian Mountains wait on the horizon like a dream of high ground, the immediate world here is one of intimate, grounded earthiness, where the gray sky seems to press down softly against the tree lines of the nearby woods.

Winfield serves as a waypoint of civic continuity, its character shaped by a history of river-adjacent settlement and the slow, persistent labor of those who cleared the timber to make way for homesteads. The local economy persists in a quiet mode, moving with the measured gait of people who recognize the value of steady output over the sudden, hollow booms of industry. Residents often seek the open spaces of Norwood Park to find a moment of stillness, or they look toward the small, quiet waters of Barrackville Number 41 Lake when the heat of midsummer settles over the fields. Life here is defined by the rhythm of the school calendar and the seasonal chores of maintaining property that has often been held by the same families for generations, a legacy that remains visible in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture lining the local roads.

About This Winfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winfield, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.526653, -81.885482. 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 Winfield includes the ZIP code (26554, 25213), telephone area code (304), county seat of Marion County (Fairmont), and school district assignment (Putnam 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.