Lavalette, West Virginia

38°19′22″N 82°26′49″W / 38.32278°N 82.44694°W / 38.32278; -82.44694CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCountyWayneArea • Total2.607 sq mi (6.75 km²) • Land2.607 sq mi (6.75 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Population • Total1,073 • Density410/sq mi (160/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Lavalette is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wayne County, West Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,073.^[2] Lavalette is located at the intersection of West Virginia Route 152 and West Virginia Route 75, eight miles south of Huntington. The town is near Beech Fork Lake, a popular location for boating and fishing, and Twelvepole Creek. 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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