Eccles

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Eccles

Total population

64

Air quality index

35Good

Elevation2096 m

Land area1.78 km²

Weather53°F · Partly Cloudy

Coordinates37.78°, -81.26°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Eccles is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Eccles is located on West Virginia Route 3, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Beckley. Eccles has a post office with ZIP code 25836. As of the 2020 census, its population was 334.

Geography

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

Current forecast

Forecast for Eccles, WV from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Nick Rahall

American politician

Chris Sarandon

American actor

Hulett C. Smith

American politician (1918–2012)

Tom Carper

American politician (born 1947)

A

Art Simmons

American musician (1926-2018)

Clarence W. Meadows

American politician (1904–1961)

Tom Maddox

science fiction writer

E. H. Hedrick

American politician (1894-1954)

Frank Hutchison

American early country blues and Piedmont blues musician (1897–1945)

Joe L. Smith

American politician (1880-1962)

Tamar Slay

American basketball player (born 1980)

C

Calvin Simon

American singer (1942–2022)

A

Al Hairston

American basketball player-coach

H

Henry Dickerson

American basketball coach (1951–2023)

B

B. Kwaku Duren

American lawyer

B

Barbara M. Clark

American politician (1939-2016)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in West Virginia

• Mabscott
  2.9 mi away
• Crab Orchard
  3.4 mi away
• Glen White
  3.7 mi away
• Lester
  4 mi away
• MacArthur
  4.1 mi away
• Sprague
  4.5 mi away
• Sophia
  5.2 mi away
• Prosperity
  5.3 mi away
• Raleigh
  5.4 mi away
• Beckley
  5.6 mi away
• Bradley
  6.5 mi away
• Beaver
  6.8 mi away

Browse all places in West Virginia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Eccles

West Virginia disasters

Community Newspaper Holdings in West Virginia · 2003

Hamlet

William Shakespeare · 1603

Othello

William Shakespeare · 1622

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Hurricane Isaias
  Severe Storms · 2026-10-11 · 151 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).