300px, Road sign indicating the northern boundary of Lavalette along West Virginia Route 152. Lavalette is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Wayne County,

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,073. Lavalette is located at the intersection of

West Virginia Route 152 West Virginia Route 152 is a north–south state highway extending from Crum to Huntington, West Virginia. The northern terminus of WV 152 is unusual in that it also serves as the southern terminus of West Virginia Route 527, which continue ...

and

West Virginia Route 75 West Virginia Route 75 is an east–west state route located within Wayne County, West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 60 (Oak Street) in Kenova. From US 60, WV 75 proceeds to the south then east towards its eas ...

, eight miles south of Huntington. The town is near

Beech Fork Lake Beech Fork Lake is a reservoir located near Lavalette in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. Beech Fork Lake is also partly located in neighboring Cabell County. Millers Fork and Stowers Branch join Beech Fork with their own river valle ...

, a popular location for boating and fishing, and

Twelvepole Creek Twelvepole Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 26, 2011 river located in Wayne County, West Virginia. It is part of the Mississippi River watershed, by way of ...

. Lavalette was named after Lavalette Miller, the daughter of a Norfolk & Western Railway official. Lavalette is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702. Lavalette has two 18-hole public golf courses - Sugarwood Golf Club and Creekside Golf Course. Lavalette also has a paid EMS ambulance service with two emergency response squads and one transport unit. The 35 member volunteer fire department has four engine companies, a rescue boat, and a mobile disaster response trailer.

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Census-designated places in Wayne County, West Virginia {{WayneCountyWV-geo-stub