Ansted is a town in Fayette County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The population was 1,404 at the 2010 census. It is situated on high bluffs along U.S. Route 60 on a portion of the Midland Trail near Hawks Nest overlooking the New River far below.
View from the top of Gauley Mountain, looking over the town of Ansted towards the New River Gorge Bridge nearly six miles away.
Westlake Cemetery marker on the Midland Trail in Ansted, West Virginia.
Dr. David T. Ansted, British scientist and geologist (1814–1880)
A scenic view of the New River Gorge from Lovers' Leap in Hawks Nest State Park, Ansted, West Virginia
Fayette County, West Virginia
Fayette County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,488. Its county seat is Fayetteville. It is part of the Beckley, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area in Southern West Virginia.
Fayette County courthouse in Fayetteville
Cathedral Falls