Lost Creek, West Virginia

About Lost Creek

Lost Creek is a tiny community in northern West Virginia with an estimated population of 342.

Officially, Lost Creek is an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.97 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 353 residents per square mile.

📰 Lost Creek News Today

• UPDATE: I-79 reopened following tractor trailer accident, shut down lasted over 3 hours WDTV 5 · Aug 11
• Truck full of maple syrup jackknifes on Interstate 79 WBOY.com · Aug 11
• South Harrison High School (Lost Creek, WV) Baseball MaxPreps · Aug 13
• UPDATE: The active evacuation for Lost Creek has been canceled wvnews.com · Jun 7
• Weather and Radar Map for Lost Creek, West Virginia 26385 - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · May 22

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Lost Creek Unique

• Positioned in northern West Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of West Virginia — one of 439 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Lost Creek

• Bel Meadows Fishing Preserve reviews ★
• Lost Creek Park reviews ★
• Lost Creek Park and Baseball Fields reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Lost Creek

• Lost Creek Elementary School
• South Harrison High School
• South Harrison Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Lost Creek

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