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Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

Thorpe
Unincorporated community
ThorpeLocation within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°22′07″N 81°30′59″W / 37.36861°N 81.51639°W / 37.36861; -81.51639
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Elevation	1,437 ft (438 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	24888
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1555807

Thorpe is former coal town located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Thorpe was an independent community and was incorporated into Gary, West Virginia in 1971. Thorpe has its own post office.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1950	1,362	—
1960	1,102	−19.1%
U.S. Decennial Census

"US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
Garay, Ronald (2011). U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia: Corporate Paternalism in Appalachia. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-1572337978.
"Postmaster Finder - Who We Are - USPS".
"Number of Inhabitants West Virginia (1950)" (PDF). www2.census.gov/. October 13, 2024. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
"Number of Inhabitants West Virginia (1960)" (PDF). usa.ipums.org/. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

v t e Municipalities and communities of McDowell County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Welch
Cities	Gary Keystone War Welch	Map of West Virginia highlighting McDowell County
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 Coalwood Dan Eckman Effler 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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