Alderson, WV

united states

Alderson sits in West Virginia's Greenbrier River Valley where US 219 crosses the river, about 30 miles south of I-64 via Lewisburg. The town lies in a sheltered valley surrounded by forested hills, with the primary access following the north-south US 219 corridor. Alderson is notable as the location of the Federal Prison Camp Alderson, which opened in 1927 as America's first federal prison designed specifically for women.