Paw Paw, WV

Paw Paw is a town in Morgan County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 410 residents. The town is known for the nearby Paw Paw Tunnel. Paw Paw was incorporated by the Circuit Court of Morgan County on April 8, 1891, and named after pawpaw, a wild fruit that grows in abundance throughout this region. Paw Paw's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider West Virginia setting.

The local scoop is how Paw Paw's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. On September 14, 2024, a group of local citizens organized by Maria Gloyd hosted the inaugural Pawpaw Festival in the Town Park. The earliest human habitation in the upper Potomac River Valley probably dates from 10,000 BC when humans migrated across the Bering Straits into North America. Paw Paw is located along the section of the Potomac River.