Elk Forest, West Virginia

Elk Forest, West Virginia
Elk Forest
Location in West Virginia and the United States
Elk Forest
Elk Forest (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°23′22″N 81°35′35″W / 38.38944°N 81.59306°W / 38.38944; -81.59306
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyKanawha
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Elk Forest is a residential community out Elk Forest Road, which turns off U.S. Route 119 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Originally built in the late 1950s-early 1960s, it is a part of Mink Shoals, originally willed for development by Amanda Pitzer at her death, now buried at a small cemetery across the road from Elk Forest along Ventura Acres Road. It is directly opposite Dutch Road, which is a part of the Old German Settlement at Mink Shoals.[1]

References

  1. ^ Coleman's Atlas and Gazeteer