Elkview, West Virginia

Elkview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Interstate 79, the "Jennings Randolph Expressway", provides highway access to Elkview from exit 9.

A shopping center was built off I-79, which includes a La Quinta Inns and Suites, Kroger,and several fast food restaurants.

Hundreds of people were stranded at this shopping center during the 2016 West Virginia flood, as the bridge leading to it from the interstate was washed away.

The racial makeup of the community was 98.82% White, 0.25% Native American, 0.25% Asian, and 0.68% from two or more races.

It was located in Clendenin, a few miles north of Elkview, prior to its extensive flood damage in 2016.

Kanawha County map