May Chapel

The community around May Chapel

It takes 7.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Social Isolation: 32.9%
• Depression: 27.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
• Diabetes: 17.6%
• Obesity: 39.2%
• Poverty Rate: 16.7% (7.8–25.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 16.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near May Chapel

• Cochran Creek Church — 6.1 mi away in Marlinton, WV
• Beaver Creek Church — 6.3 mi away in Marlinton, WV
• Cummings Creek Church — 7.4 mi away in Marlinton, WV
• Neola Church of God — 7.5 mi away
• Eden United Methodist Church — 8.6 mi away in Hot Springs, VA
• Emory Church — 9.1 mi away in Hot Springs, VA
• First Baptist Church of Huntersville, West Virginia — 9.6 mi away in Huntersville, WV
• Seebert United Methodist Church — 9.9 mi away