Ghent, WV

Ghent is a census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 582 residents. In 1949, plans were made to create an artificial lake near Beckley, West Virginia. Construction of an earthen dam across Glade Creek, with a concrete sluice and spillway, began in Ghent in the summer of 1950; the new lake was filled in April 1951. In Ghent, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Ghent, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Ghent is home to studios of WVNS-TV. Ghent includes the new Flat Top Lake.