Henlawson, WV

Henlawson is a census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 353 residents. Henlawson is believed to have been named after a resident, Henry Lawson. Merrill Coal Mines opened Merrill Mines here in 1921 and built homes to house the miners. A newcomer can read Henlawson through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Henlawson comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Henlawson is located in north-central Logan County, on the east bank of the Guyandotte River across from Mitchell Heights to the north and Justice Addition to the southwest. Henlawson is 5 miles north of Logan, the county seat. The Guyandotte is a north-flowing tributary of the Ohio River.