Looneyville

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Looneyville is an unincorporated community on Flat Creek of the Pocatalico River in Roane County, West Virginia. It sits on West Virginia Route 36 and was named for Robert Looney, a pioneer settler whose family arrived in the area in the early 1800s. The post office was established in 1870 and the name has been borne by the community ever since.

Looneyville is a tiny unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, tucked into the wooded ridges where Flat Creek joins the Pocatalico River. The settlement takes its name from Robert Looney, a pioneer who established a homestead here in the early 1800s. A post office opened in 1870 and gave the place its formal identity; the name was real enough that no one in 150 years has lobbied to change it, despite occasional out-of-state amusement. Today Looneyville consists of a small cluster of homes, a Pentecostal church, and a country store strung along West Virginia Route 36, roughly halfway between Charleston and Spencer. The surrounding hills are typical of central Appalachia: dense second-growth hardwood forest, narrow hollows, and creeks that swell quickly after summer storms.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.