Winifrede, West Virginia | |
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Coordinates: 38°11′29″N 81°33′24″W / 38.19139°N 81.55667°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Kanawha |
Elevation | 705 ft (215 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 25214 |
Area code(s) | 304 & 681 |
GNIS feature ID | 1549250 [1] |
Winifrede is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Winifrede is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Chesapeake. Winifrede has a post office with ZIP code 25214. [2] It is home of the Big Eagle Railroad (formerly known as Winifrede Mining and Manufacturing Company, Winifrede Collieries, and Winifrede Railroad), one of the oldest short-line railroad operations in the United States, having been in existence since 1850. [3] The Winifrede Railroad was incorporated in November 1881 and opened in 1882; the original operation was closed in 1988 and reopened as the Big Eagle Railroad in 2000–01.
According to tradition, the community was named after a woman in Philadelphia. [4]