Ashford, West Virginia

Ashford
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°10′45″N 81°42′39″W / 38.17917°N 81.71083°W / 38.17917; -81.71083Coordinates: 38°10′45″N 81°42′39″W / 38.17917°N 81.71083°W / 38.17917; -81.71083
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Boone
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Ashford is an unincorporated community and coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.^[1] It was established by the Crawford and Ashby land company. A former mining town, Ashford lies from the top of Lens Creek Mountain to Casey Fork Hollow. Rumble starts directly after this hollow to the Ashford bridge. From there you can travel to White Oak, Emmons, Madison, Ridgeview, Costa, Southridge, and/or Alum Creek. Ashford no longer has a post office. The Ashford post office was destroyed by fire in 2005, and was never reopened. In August 2008, the brand new Ashford bridge opened to the public. The original bridge, constructed in 1923, was demolished on August 26, 2008.

Schools

There is one school in Ashford that is Ashford-Rumble Elementary School. Amy Pritt is the principal of this school.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ashford, West Virginia

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

County seat: Madison

City	Madison

Towns	Danville Sylvester Whitesville

CDPs	Comfort Greenview Racine Twilight Van

Unincorporated communities	Altman Andrew Ashford Bald Knob Bandytown Barrett Bigson Bim Bloomingrose Blue Pennant Bob White Bradley Breece Brush Creek Brushton Cameo Cazy Clinton Clothier Coopertown Dartmont Dodson Junction Easly Eden Elk Run Junction Emmons‡ Foch Foster Fosterville Garrison Gordon Greenwood Havana Hewett High Coal Hopkins Fork Horse Creek Junction Janie Jeffrey Joes Creek Julian Keith Kirbyton Kohlsaat Lanta Lindytown Low Gap Manila Marnie Marthatown Maxine Milltown Morrisvale Nellis Nelson Orgas Ottawa Peytona Pondco Powell Creek Prenter Price Hill Quinland Ramage Ridgeview Rock Creek Rumble Secoal Sharlow South Madison Seth Stark Turtle Creek Uneeda Washington Heights Wharton Williams Mountain

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

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