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Welcome to Candlewyck Place ...

Candlewyck Place is located in Putnam County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Candlewyck Place: Candlewyck Pl. (or less commonly used: Candlewyck Plc.)

Candlewyck Place is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Candlewyck Place lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Candlewyck Place: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Candlewyck Place ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Candlewyck Place.

  • Charleston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • South Charleston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Albans
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Dunbar
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hurricane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Nitro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Nitro is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,285 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nitro <4>
  • Barboursville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Milton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Winfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Eleanor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Candlewyck Place. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Candlewyck Place.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Candlewyck Place. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Candlewyck Place.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Candlewyck Place. See our Newspapers Page for Candlewyck Place.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Candlewyck Place ...

Looking for more information about Candlewyck Place? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Candlewyck Place, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Candlewyck Place.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Putnam, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Candlewyck Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Candlewyck Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Candlewyck Place area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.