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Idamay, WV

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Population
575
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Elevation
1,173 ft
Median Home Value
$111,200
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Income
$98,953
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024

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OverallBest places in West VirginiaPopulation rankingHighest population places in West VirginiaNearest larger communityCheat Lake, West Virginia25 miles away · 10,902 residents.

About Idamay

Idamay is a census-designated place in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 542 residents. The community was named after Ida May Watson, the daughter of Consolidation Coal co-founder James Otis Watson and sister of Caroline Watson Fleming, wife of West Virginia Governor Aretas Fleming. Consolidation Coal began construction on their #87 Idamay mine and barracks in 1915. The short version is that Idamay carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Idamay: its past remains attached to the places people use now.

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