Wadestown is situated in a bottomland where four streams converge: Range Run, the West Virginia Branch of Dunkard Creek, and the North and South Forks of the second named stream.

In fact, the North and South Forks converge about 1000 feet before joining the WVBDC, and the downstream stretch is not normally given a separate name on maps.

A sharp ridge juts into Wadestown from the north and two prominent buildings — the West Warren Baptist Church (organized 1854) and the Wadestown Methodist Church (organized 1842, built 1854) — once looked down upon the village from there.

Both churches have since relocated and the heights are now occupied by the large Wadestown Cemetery with its more than 1,100 interments.

Wade (1787–1869) — a locally prominent physician, farmer, and landowner — bought 232 acres of land from his brother Elisha Wade (1795–1843) on the Left Fork of Dunkard Creek for 100 dollars.