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Winding Gulf, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Raleigh
Elevation	2,264 ft (690 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1556003

Winding Gulf is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Winding Gulf is located on Winding Gulf south of Sophia.

History

Justis Collins (Coal Baron) built coal camps in Winding Gulf in 1910. There were over 50 miners died in the mines at Winding Gulf over the years. The mines were serviced by the Virginian Railroad. There were several collieries in Winding Gulf such as, No. 1 camp, No. 2 camp, Lynwynn camp, Epperly Hill, and Farley Hill. Winding Gulf was the third largest town in Raleigh County in the 1920s. Mining in Winding Gulf lasted into the late 1980s.

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

County seat: Beckley

City	Beckley

Towns	Lester Mabscott Rhodell Sophia

CDPs	Beaver Bolt Bradley Coal City Crab Orchard Daniels Eccles Ghent Glen White Helen MacArthur Piney View Prosperity Shady Spring Stanaford

Unincorporated communities	Abney Abraham Affinity Ameagle Amigo Arnett Artie Battleship Baylor Beckley Junction Besoco Birchton Blue Jay Blue Jay 6 Bob Bone Lick Bragg Circle View Cirtsville Clear Creek Clifftop Coalgate Colcord Cool Ridge Cranberry Crow Dillon Dameron Dorothy Dry Creek Dry Hill Dugout East Beckley Eastgulf Edwight Egeria‡ Emerson Eunice Epperly‡ Fairdale Fireco Fitzpatrick Friendly View Glade Springs Glen Daniel Glen Morgan Grandview Hamlet Harper Hollywood Hoohoo Hotchkiss Jap Jarrolds Valley Jenny Gap Johnstown Jonben Josephine Lanark Leevale Lego Lillybrook Lynwinn Madeline Maple Meadow Maple Fork Marfork Masseyville Matville Maynor McAlpin McCreery Mead Metalton Midway Montcoal Mountview‡ Naoma Norvelle Odd Oswald Packsville Peachtree Pear Pemberton Pettry Bottom Pettus Pine Hills Pineknob Pluto Posey Price Hill‡ Princewick Raleigh Redbird Riley Rock Creek Rodes Roxie Royal Saxon Shiloh Sink Skelton Slab Fork Soak Creek Sprague Stickney Stonecoal Junction Stonewall Stotesbury Stover Sullivan Sundial Surveyor Sweeneyburg Table Rock Take In Hollow Tams Terry Terry Junction Tilden Tolleys Trap Hill Ury Warden Whitby White Oak Wickham Winding Gulf Woodpeck Wright Zada

Ghost towns	Big Stick Cedar Hot Coal Killarney McVey Pickshin Pinepoca Sylvia Tamroy White Stick Willibet Woodbay

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

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