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Superior
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Elevation	1,414 ft (431 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1558393

Superior is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Superior is located on U.S. Route 52 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east-southeast of Welch.

The community most likely was named after the Lake Superior Coal Company.

Municipalities and communities of McDowell County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Welch

Cities	Gary Keystone War Welch

Towns	Anawalt Bradshaw Davy Iaeger Kimball Northfork

CDPs	Bartley Berwind Big Sandy Crumpler Cucumber Maybeury Pageton Raysal Roderfield Vivian

Unincorporated communities	Algoma Alpheus Antler Apple Grove Asco Ashland Atwell Avondale Beartown Big Four Bishop Black Wolf Bottom Creek Brewsterdale Canebrake Capels Caretta Carlos Carswell Cherokee Clark Clear Fork Junction Coalwood Dan Eckman Eight Elkhorn English Ennis Erin Faraday Garland Gilliam Havaco Hemphill Hensley Hull Isaban‡ Jackson Flats Jacobs Fork Jed Jenkinjones Johnnycake Jolo Krollitz Kyle Landgraff Leckie Lex Lila Litwar Longpole Maitland Marine Marytown McDowell Mohawk Mohegan Monson Newhall Panther Paynesville Peapatch‡ Powhatan Premier Ream Rift Rockridge Rolfe Sandy Huff Six Skygusty Squire Superior Switchback Twin Branch Union City Upland Vallscreek Venus Warriormine Wilmore Worth Wyoming City Yerba Yukon

Ghost town	Hix

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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