Reedsville, West Virginia (WV), a community in Preston County, was incorporated in 1906 and named for James Reed, the owner of the land on which a large part of the town was platted. The Phillips-Jones Electric Vacuum Cleaner Plant operated in Reedsville through the early 1900s. It employed many residents of the self-sufficiency community established at Arthurdale, West Virginia, two miles to the southeast.
Lodging near Reedsville, West Virginia
Location
Reedsville is located at the junction of highways WV-7 and WV-29 approximately three miles south of Masontown, West Virginia, eight miles west of Kingwood, West Virginia, and 11 miles north of Newburg, West Virginia.
Map of Reedsville, West Virginia
Regional Information
Reedsville is located in the Monongahela Valley Region in northern West Virginia near the Allegheny Highlands Region.
