Elkview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,116 at the 2020 census. It is named after the Elk River, which flows into the Kanawha River.
Interstate 79, the "Jennings Randolph Expressway", provides highway access to Elkview from exit 9. U.S. Route 119 also reaches Elkview. A shopping center was built off I-79, which includes a
La Quinta Inns and Suites, Kroger, and several fast food restaurants. Hundreds of people were stranded at this shopping center during the 2016 West Virginia flood, as the bridge leading to it from the interstate was washed away.
This small town is nestled between the larger town of Clendenin, and the municipality of Kanawha County, Charleston.
Geography
Elkview is located at (38.437810, -81.482007), twelve miles east of Charleston.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Elkview CDP has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.6 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 1.7 square miles (4.4 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km<sup>2</sup>) (4.49%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census
Education
Herbert Hoover High School was named in honor of former U.S. President Herbert Hoover. It was located in Clendenin, a few miles north of Elkview, prior to its extensive flood damage in 2016. The original building was torn down, and in 2020 Kanawha County broke ground for the new building in Elkview.
The following public schools serve the Elkview area.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Schools serving Elkview, West Virginia
! School !! Grades !! Enrollment !! State ranking
|-
| Herbert Hoover High School || 9–12 || 783 || #17 of 114
|-
| Elkview Middle School || 6–8 || 613 || #68 of 284
|-
| Elk Elementary Center || K–5 || 491 || #145 of 540
|-
|}
Notable people
- Corey Bird, attended Marshall University, selected by the Miami Marlins in the seventh round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft
- Bill Tudor (1921–1986), founder of Tudor's Biscuit World