Wharncliffe, West Virginia

Wharncliffe is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. It is 7 mi southwest of Gilbert, and has a post office with ZIP code 25651.

The origin of the town's name is obscure. It shares its name with a village north of Sheffield in England called Wharncliffe Crags, and the associated Earls of Wharncliffe.

Wharncliffe was a stronghold for the Hatfield family in the infamous Hatfield–McCoy feud. In 1899, William "Devil Anse" Hatfield was arrested by a group of 50 men and several officials from Huntington, West Virginia, along with his son Robert Lee "Bob" Hatfield and son-in-law John Dingess.

Wharncliffe is a junction on the Norfolk Southern Railway (former Norfolk and Western) network, where the three states of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky meet.