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Glen Ferris is also known as: Glen Ferris.

Glen Ferris is a census-designated place (CDP) on the western bank of the Kanawha River in Fayette County, West Virginia. It is situated approximately one mile south of the town of Gauley Bridge. The sole highway linking Glen Ferris to the area is U.S. Route 60, known also as the Midland Trail. As of the 2010 census, its population was 203; the community had 104 housing units, 87 of which were occupied. The village is roughly a mile and a half in length. Glen Ferris is home to two churches, one Apostolic and one Methodist. A railway owned by Norfolk Southern runs parallel to US Route 60 through the village.On the southern edge of Glen Ferris lies the Kanawha Falls public fishing access area that provides the best ground-level view of the Kanawha Falls on the west side of the river. Immediately to the north of the fishing area is where the Glen Ferris Hydroelectric station is located, which formerly produced the electricity to power the village and the coal mine. It will start producing electricity again sometime in the near future.

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