Winifrede, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Winifrede is located in West Virginia
Winifrede
Winifrede
Winifrede is located in the United States
Winifrede
Winifrede
Coordinates: 38°11′29″N 81°33′24″W / 38.19139°N 81.55667°W / 38.19139; -81.55667
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyKanawha
Elevation
705 ft (215 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25214
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1549250[1]

Winifrede is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Winifrede is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Chesapeake. Winifrede has a post office with ZIP code 25214.[2] It is home of the Big Eagle Railroad (formerly known as Winifrede Mining and Manufacturing Company, Winifrede Collieries, and Winifrede Railroad), one of the oldest short-line railroad operations in the United States, having been in existence since 1850.[3] The Winifrede Railroad was incorporated in November 1881 and opened in 1882; the original operation was closed in 1988 and reopened as the Big Eagle Railroad in 2000–01.

According to tradition, the community was named after a woman in Philadelphia.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winifrede, West Virginia
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  3. ^ "Short Line: Winifrede Railroad - Big Eagle Railroad Est. 1850". Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  4. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 686.


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