Woodbine is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Nicholas County,

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, United States. Woodbine is located at the mouth of the Cranberry River at the

Gauley River The Gauley River is a river in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It merges with the New River to form the Kanawha River, a tributary of the Ohio River. The river features numerous recreational whitewater areas, including those in Gauley River Na ...

, southeast of Craigsville. The community most likely was named for the woodbine growing near the original town site.

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Unincorporated communities in Nicholas County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Populated places on the Gauley River {{NicholasCountyWV-geo-stub