Elk Garden, West Virginia

About Elk Garden

Elk Garden, WV is a tiny community located in northeastern West Virginia counting 208 people who proudly call it home.

Elk Garden holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.26 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 800 residents per square mile.

📰 Elk Garden News Today

• Mya Rose Paugh Dapper Dan’s Child of the Year cnhi.com · May 4
• Shelva Jean Love Obituary | Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory | Keyser, WV Tribute Archive · Aug 11
• Tommy Gank Obituary Oct 2, 2025 Fredlock & Fenner Funeral Homes · Oct 2
• In Central Appalachia, Fields Once Cleared for Coal Mining Now Host Herds of Elk Garden & Gun · Oct 21
• Elk Garden, West Virginia Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Elk Garden Unique

• The only place in America named Elk Garden — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.26 sq mi.
• Positioned in northeastern West Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Elk Garden

• Jennings Randolph Lake Boat Ramp · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Allegheny Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Nancy Hanks Memorial reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Elk Garden

• Elk Garden School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Elk Garden

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