Lavalette, West Virginia

Lavalette
Census-designated place (CDP)
Lavalette Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°19′22″N 82°26′49″W / 38.32278°N 82.44694°W / 38.32278; -82.44694Coordinates: 38°19′22″N 82°26′49″W / 38.32278°N 82.44694°W / 38.32278; -82.44694
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Wayne
Area^[1]
• Total	2.607 sq mi (6.75 km²)
• Land	2.607 sq mi (6.75 km²)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Population (2010)^[2]
• Total	1,073
• Density	410/sq mi (160/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Road sign indicating the northern boundary of Lavalette along West Virginia Route 152.

Lavalette is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wayne County, West Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,073.^[2] Lavalette is located at the intersection of West Virginia Route 152 and West Virginia Route 75, eight miles south of Huntington. The town is near Beech Fork Lake, a popular location for boating and fishing, and Twelvepole Creek. Lavalette was named after Lavalette Miller, the daughter of a Norfolk & Western Railway official.

Lavalette is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702.

Lavalette has two 18-hole public golf courses - Sugarwood Golf Club and Silo Golf Course. Silo Golf Course has a restaurant call the Wedge. It specializes in BBQ and rustic cuisine. Lavalette also has a paid EMS ambulance service with two emergency response squads and one transport unit. The 35 member volunteer fire department has four engine companies, a rescue boat, and a mobile disaster response trailer.

References

↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.

Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Wayne

Cities	Ceredo Huntington‡ Kenova

Towns	Fort Gay Wayne

CDPs	Crum Lavalette Prichard

Unincorporated communities	Ardel Armilda Bethesda Booton Bowen Brabant Buffalo Creek Centerville Coleman Cove Gap Crockett Cyrus Dickson Dicy Doane Dunlow East Lynn Echo Effie Elmwood Ferguson Fleming Genoa Gilkerson Girard Glenhayes Grandview Gardens Hidden Valley Hubbardstown Kiahsville Mineral Springs Missouri Branch Neal Nestlow Oakview Heights Quaker Radnor Saltpetre Shoals Sidney Stepptown Stiltner Stonecoal Sweet Run Tripp Webb Westmoreland Wilsondale Winslow

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Huntington, West Virginia metropolitan area

Principal cities	Ashland Huntington Ironton

Municipalities with population over 5,000	Flatwoods Hurricane Nitro Pea Ridge CDP Teays Valley CDP

Municipalities with population 1,000–5,000	Barboursville Buffalo Burlington Catlettsburg Ceredo Coal Grove Culloden CDP Eleanor Greenup Grayson Hamlin Kenova Lesage CDP Milton Olive Hill Raceland Russell Rush CDP South Point South Shore Wayne Westwood CDP Winfield Worthington Wurtland

Municipalities with population under 1,000	Athalia Bancroft Bellefonte Chesapeake Fort Gay Hanging Rock Lavalette CDP Poca Proctorville West Hamlin

West Virginia counties	Cabell Lincoln Putnam Wayne

Kentucky counties	Boyd Carter Greenup

Ohio counties	Lawrence

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