Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia

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|official_name = Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia

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|subdivision_name1 = West Virginia

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|subdivision_name2 = Mason

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|area_total_sq_mi = 2.771

|area_land_sq_mi = 2.275

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.496

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|population_total = 817

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code = 25515

|area_code = 304 & 681

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Gallipolis Ferry is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. It is situated on the Ohio River along West Virginia Route 2. As of the 2010 census, its population was 817. It is the site of the Robert C. Byrd Locks & Dam on the Ohio. The community was named for the fact a ferry once provided service between the town site and nearby Gallipolis, Ohio.{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=286;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=258}}

The community is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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{{Mason County, West Virginia}}

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Category:Census-designated places in Mason County, West Virginia

Category:Census-designated places in West Virginia

Category:Point Pleasant micropolitan area

Category:West Virginia populated places on the Ohio River

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