Whirlwind is an unincorporated community on Big Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.

Primary settlers of Upper Hart included the following families: Adams, Blair, Collins, Dalton, Farley, Mullins, Smith, Tomblin, and Workman.

According to local legend, some type of skirmish occurred at the mouth of Bulwark during the Civil War.

In January 1909, the First Assistant Postmaster General responded in a letter that marked out Zama and replaced it with Whirlwind.

Shirley Smith was confirmed as postmaster on December 5, 1940 and assumed charge of the post office on January 1, 1941.

She wrote a letter to the Postmaster General requesting the post office be moved one mile north from its present location.

Pearl Lowe became acting postmaster on September 19, 1941, was confirmed on November 5, 1941, and assumed charge on January 23, 1942.

On March 31, 1951, Ernestine Tomblin assumed charge of the post office and became acting postmaster on April 17, 1951.

The community benefited by its close proximity to Dingess, a busy town situated along the Norfolk and Western Railway on Twelve Pole Creek.