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Switchback

unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia
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Switchback

Summary

Switchback is an unincorporated community[1]. Switchback ranks in the top 2% of unincorporated_community entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Switchback is located in McDowell County[3].
  • Switchback is in the country of United States[4].
  • Switchback's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[5].
  • Switchback's postal code is recorded as 24887[6].
  • Switchback's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 37.3711, 'longitude': -81.3856}[7].
  • Switchback sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+618'}[8].

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Geography

Switchback is in the country of United States[4]. Switchback is located in McDowell County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Switchback sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+618'}[8].

Designation and Status

Switchback's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[5].

Why It Matters

Switchback ranks in the top 2% of unincorporated_community entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2] Switchback is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 154393664
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 154393664, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/154393664 in United States"
  2. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → McDowell County
    Quora topic id → Switchback-WV
    Who's on first id → 1259703601
    Imported from → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/45732|batch #45732]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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