Avondale, McDowell County, West Virginia

Avondale
Unincorporated community
Avondale Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°24′45″N 81°47′3″W / 37.41250°N 81.78417°W / 37.41250; -81.78417Coordinates: 37°24′45″N 81°47′3″W / 37.41250°N 81.78417°W / 37.41250; -81.78417
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Elevation	1,066 ft (325 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	24811
GNIS feature ID	1553769[1]

Avondale is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Avondale lies along the Norfolk and Western Railroad on the Dry Fork. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the community has also been known as Ritter having been named after William McLellan Ritter, founder of the W.M. Ritter company.

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Municipalities and communities of McDowell County, West Virginia, United States County seat: Welch Cities Gary Keystone War Welch Towns Anawalt Bradshaw Davy Iaeger Kimball Northfork CDPs Bartley Berwind Big Sandy Crumpler Cucumber Maybeury Pageton Raysal Roderfield Vivian Unincorporated communities Algoma Alpheus Antler Apple Grove Asco Ashland Atwell Avondale Beartown Big Four Bishop Black Wolf Bottom Creek Canebrake Capels Caretta Carlos Carswell Cherokee Clark Clear Fork Junction Coalwood Dan Eckman Eight Elkhorn English Ennis Erin Faraday Garland Gilliam Havaco Hemphill Hensley Hull Isaban‡ Jackson Flats Jacobs Fork Jed Jenkinjones Johnnycake Jolo Krollitz Kyle Landgraff Leckie Lex Lila Litwar Longpole Maitland Marine Marytown McDowell Mohawk Mohegan Monson Newhall Panther Paynesville Peapatch‡ Powhatan Premier Ream Rift Rockridge Rolfe Sandy Huff Six Skygusty Squire Superior Switchback Twin Branch Union City Upland Vallscreek Venus Warriormine Wilmore Worth Wyoming City Yerba Yukon Ghost town Hix Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties