Lakin is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. Lakin is located on West Virginia Route 62, southwest of

Mason Mason may refer to: Occupations * Mason, brick mason, or bricklayer, a craftsman who lays bricks to construct brickwork, or who lays any combination of stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or similar pieces * Stone mason, a craftsman in the stone-cut ...

. The community was named after one M. Lakin, a state official.

Infrastructure

The

West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation is an agency of the U.S. state of West Virginia within the state Department of Homeland Security that operates the state's prisons, jails and juvenile detention facilities. The agency ha ...

operates the women's prison

Lakin Correctional Center Lakin Correctional Center (LCC) is a women's prison in the community of Lakin in unincorporated Mason County, West Virginia. It is on a portion of former Lakin State Hospital property, on West Virginia Route 62, in proximity to West Columbia ...

in Lakin.Lakin Correctional Center and Jail
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. Retrieved on November 17, 2018. "11264 Ohio River Road, West Columbia, WV 25287 (Mason County)" West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has operated a 114-bed long term care nursing home, the Lakin Hospital, on the grounds of the former Lakin State Hospital since 1979. Previously, the state run Lakin Industrial School operated from 1924 until 1956. American Electric Power operates a sub-critical 138-69KV electrical substation located in Lakin.

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Unincorporated communities in Mason County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{MasonCountyWV-geo-stub