Gaines, West Virginia

Gaines
Gaines
Unincorporated community
	Gaines Location within the state of West Virginia Gaines Gaines (the United States)
	Coordinates: 38°46′49″N 80°19′12″W / 38.78028°N 80.32000°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Upshur
Elevation	1,732 ft (528 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID	1554522

CountryUnited States

Elevation

1,732 ft (528 m)

GNIS ID1554522^[1]

Gaines is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.

The community was named in honor of U.S. Representative Joseph H. Gaines.^[2]

v t e Municipalities and communities of Upshur County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Buckhannon
City	Buckhannon	Map of West Virginia highlighting Upshur County
CDPs	Adrian Hinkleville Rock Cave
Other communities	Abbott Alexander Alton Arlington Beans Mill Canaan Carter Craddock Daysville Deanville Eden Ellamore‡ Excelsior Five Forks Freeman French Creek Frenchton Gaines Gale Goodwin Gormley Goshen Gould Hampton Heavener Grove Hodgesville Holly Grove Hoover Town Imperial Ivy Kanawha Head Kedron Kesling Mill Lorentz McCuetown Midvale Nebo Overhill Palace Valley Post Mill Queens Red Rock Reger Ruraldale Sago Sand Run Selbyville Shahan South Buckhannon Swamp Run Tallmansville Tenmile Tennerton Teter Vegan White Oak Wilsontown Yokum Zion
Ghost town	Post Mill
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Gaines
Unincorporated community
Gaines Location within the state of West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Gaines Gaines (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 38°46′49″N 80°19′12″W / 38.78028°N 80.32000°W / 38.78028; -80.32000
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Upshur
Elevation	1,732 ft (528 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID	1554522^[1]

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