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Elk Forest, West Virginia

Coordinates: 38°23′22″N 81°35′35″W / 38.38944°N 81.59306°W / 38.38944; -81.59306
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Elk Forest, West Virginia
Elk Forest is located in West Virginia
Elk Forest
Elk Forest
Location in West Virginia and the United States
Elk Forest is located in the United States
Elk Forest
Elk Forest
Elk Forest (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°23′22″N 81°35′35″W / 38.38944°N 81.59306°W / 38.38944; -81.59306
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyKanawha
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Elk Forest is a residential community out Elk Forest Road, which turns off U.S. Route 119 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Originally built in the late 1950s-early 1960s, it is a part of Mink Shoals, originally willed for development by Amanda Pitzer at her death, now buried at a small cemetery across the road from Elk Forest along Ventura Acres Road. It is directly opposite Dutch Road, which is a part of the Old German Settlement at Mink Shoals.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Coleman's Atlas and Gazeteer