Beckwith, West Virginia

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Beckwith, West Virginia

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

|nickname =

|motto =

|image_skyline =

|imagesize =

|image_caption =

|image_flag =

|image_seal =

|image_map =

|mapsize =

|map_caption =

|image_map1 =

|mapsize1 =

|map_caption1 =

|pushpin_map = West Virginia#USA

|pushpin_label = Beckwith

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = West Virginia

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Fayette

|government_footnotes =

|government_type =

|leader_title =

|leader_name =

|leader_title1 =

|leader_name1 =

|established_title =

|established_date =

|unit_pref =

|area_footnotes =

|area_magnitude =

|area_total_km2 =

|area_land_km2 =

|area_water_km2 =

|area_total_sq_mi =

|area_land_sq_mi =

|area_water_sq_mi =

|population_as_of =

|population_footnotes =

|population_total =

|population_density_km2 =

|population_density_sq_mi =

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_m =

|elevation_ft = 1191

|coordinates = {{coord|38|05|52|N|81|09|12|W|region:US-WV|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type =

|postal_code =

|area_codes = 304 & 681

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = 1549584{{cite gnis|1549584|Beckwith}}

|blank1_name =

|blank1_info =

|website =

|footnotes =

}}

Beckwith is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Beckwith is located on West Virginia Route 16 and Laurel Creek, {{convert|4.1|mi|km}} northwest of Fayetteville.{{cite map|publisher=West Virginia Department of Transportation |title=Fayette County, West Virginia General Highway Map |url=http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Fayette_1_of_2.pdf |year=2011 |page=1 |access-date=November 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319221450/http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Fayette_1_of_2.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-19 |url-status=dead }} Beckwith had a post office, which closed on October 3, 1998.{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=November 11, 2011|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}} The community has the name of P. D. Beckwith.{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=129|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=101}}