Kingwood
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city in Preston County, West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Preston
- Incorporated town
- January 23, 1811
- Named after
- A grove of tall, stately trees
- Total
- 2.43 sq mi (6.29 km )
- Land
- 2.43 sq mi (6.29 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,814 ft (553 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 3,090
- Density
- 1,258.0/sq mi (485.73/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 54-44044
- Website
- www .kingwoodwv .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Kingwood
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Preston County
- Population
- 2980
- Area
- 6.291834
- Elevation
- 553
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Preston County
- Official website
- www.kingwoodwv.org
- Image
- James Clark McGrew House.jpg
- Households
- 1291
- Dialing code
- 304
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- inception
- 1815-00-00
- Commons category
- Kingwood, West Virginia
- P8168
- Gremlins
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 28689
- postal code
- 26537
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kingwood is a city in Preston County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 2,980 at the 2020 census. The city sits within the Allegheny Mountains above the Cheat River valley. It hosts the annual Preston County Buckwheat Festival, a county fair known for making buckwheat pancakes.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kingwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.