West Dunbar, WV

West Dunbar is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 617 residents. West Dunbar is in the western part of the county, on the north side of the Kanawha River valley. West Dunbar is bordered to the south and east by Dunbar. A newcomer can read West Dunbar through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, West Dunbar comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. West Virginia Route 25 forms the northeast border of the community.