Canebrake, West Virginia

For the region of Alabama, see Canebrake (region of Alabama).

Canebrake
Unincorporated community
Canebrake Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°14′51″N 81°38′27″W / 37.24750°N 81.64083°W / 37.24750; -81.64083Coordinates: 37°14′51″N 81°38′27″W / 37.24750°N 81.64083°W / 37.24750; -81.64083
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	24819
GNIS feature ID	1536992^[1]

Canebrake is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Canbrake was named for the wild canes near the original town site.^[2] It has also been spelled Canebreak in its past.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Canebrake, West Virginia
↑ 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. 151.

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

County seat: Welch

Cities	Gary Keystone War Welch

Towns	Anawalt Bradshaw Davy Iaeger Kimball Northfork

CDPs	Bartley Berwind Big Sandy Crumpler Cucumber Maybeury Pageton Raysal Roderfield Vivian

Unincorporated communities	Algoma Alpheus Antler Apple Grove Asco Ashland Atwell Avondale Beartown Big Four Bishop Black Wolf Bottom Creek Brewsterdale Canebrake Capels Caretta Carlos Carswell Cherokee Clark Clear Fork Junction Coalwood Dan Eckman Eight Elkhorn English Ennis Erin Faraday Garland Gilliam Havaco Hemphill Hensley Hull Isaban‡ Jackson Flats Jacobs Fork Jed Jenkinjones Johnnycake Jolo Krollitz Kyle Landgraff Leckie Lex Lila Litwar Longpole Maitland Marine Marytown McDowell Mohawk Mohegan Monson Newhall Panther Paynesville Peapatch‡ Powhatan Premier Ream Rift Rockridge Rolfe Sandy Huff Six Skygusty Squire Superior Switchback Twin Branch Union City Upland Vallscreek Venus Warriormine Wilmore Worth Wyoming City Yerba Yukon

Ghost town	Hix

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

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