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Elk Forest, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Elk ForestLocation in West Virginia and the United StatesShow map of West VirginiaElk ForestElk Forest (the United States)Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 38°23′22″N 81°35′35″W / 38.38944°N 81.59306°W / 38.38944; -81.59306
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Kanawha
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)

Elk Forest is a residential community out Elk Forest Road, which turns off U.S. Route 119 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Originally built in the late 1950s-early 1960s, it is a part of Mink Shoals, originally willed for development by Amanda Pitzer at her death, now buried at a small cemetery across the road from Elk Forest along Ventura Acres Road. It is directly opposite Dutch Road, which is a part of the Old German Settlement at Mink Shoals.

References

1. Coleman's Atlas and Gazeteer

v t e Municipalities and communities of Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Charleston
Cities	Charleston Dunbar Marmet Montgomery‡ Nitro‡ St. Albans Smithers‡ South Charleston
Towns	Belle Cedar Grove Chesapeake Clendenin East Bank Glasgow Handley Pratt
CDPs	Alum Creek‡ Big Chimney Chelyan Coal Fork Cross Lanes Dupont City Elkview Eskdale Hansford Hollygrove Institute Jefferson Malden Pinch Rand Shrewsbury Sissonville Tornado West Dunbar
Other communities	Aarons Acme Acup Amandaville Amelia Annfred Apgah Barren Creek Blackhawk Blakeley Blount Blue Creek Blundon Bream Brounland Burnwell Cabin Creek Carbon Carney Cinco Coalburg Coalridge Coco Copenhaver Corton Crede Crown Hill Davis Creek Dawes Decota Dial Diamond Dickinson Donwood‡ Dry Branch Dungriff East Nitro East Side Edgewood Elk Elk Forest Elk Hills Emmons‡ Etowah Falling Rock Ferrell Fivemile Forest Hills Forks of Coal Fort Hill Frame Fuquay Gallagher Gazil Giles Green Valley Greencastle Grippe Guthrie Heatherman Hernshaw Hicumbottom Highlawn Hillsdale Hitop Holly Hollyhurst Hugheston Indian Island Branch Ivydale Jarrett Jarretts Ford Joplin Kayford Kelly Hill Kendalia Laing Leewood Legg Lico Lincoln Livingston London Loudendale Lower Belle Lower Falls Mammoth Meadowbrook Miami Milliken Mink Shoals Monarch Mound Notomine Nuckolls Ohley Olcott Pentacre Pocatalico Pond Gap Port Amherst Putney Quarrier Quick Reamer Red Warrior Rensford Republic River Bend Riverside Rocky Fork Rock Lake Village Ronda Rosina Ruth Ruthdale Rutledge Sanderson Sandy Sattes Schrader Sharon Snow Hill Sproul Standard Tad Three Mile Turner Twomile Tyler Heights Tyler Mountain United Victor Walgrove Wallace Ward Weir Wellford Wevaco Whittaker Wilson Winifrede Youngs Bottom
Ghost towns	Morris
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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