Pentress, West Virginia

About Pentress

Pentress is a small unincorporated community in northeastern West Virginia.

Pentress holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.61 square miles.

📰 Pentress News Today

• Pentress, WV Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Aug 31
• Cheryl Dean Obituary - Waynesburg, PA Dignity Memorial · Aug 14
• Blacksville - Observer-Reporter Observer-Reporter · Dec 13
• Lester Eugene Holmes WDTV 5 · Mar 14
• Robert Clyde Wilson Obituary Feb 19, 2020 Hoskinson Funeral and Cremation Service · Feb 19

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What Makes Pentress Unique

• The only place in America named Pentress — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• 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 5 miles.

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