Winifrede is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County

Kanawha County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 200,073 people, 86,226 households, and 55,960 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile . There were 93,788 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...

, West Virginia

West Virginia

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, United States

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. Winifrede is 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Chesapeake

Chesapeake, West Virginia

Chesapeake is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,643 at the 2000 census. The town is situated on the Kanawha River. Chesapeake was incorporated in 1949 and named for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, which has served the community since 1873. It is also the...

. Winifrede has a post office

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 with ZIP code

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 25214. It is home of the Big Eagle Railroad (formerly known as Winifrede Mining and Manufacturing Company, Winifrede Collieries, and Winifrede Railroad), the oldest short-line railroad in the United States, having been in existence since 1850.