   fort ashby is a census-designated place (cdp) in mineral county, west virginia, usa, along patterson creek. it is part of the cumberland, md-wv metropolitan statistical area. the population was 1,380 at the 2010 census. the community was originally chartered as frankfort and then known as alaska before it took the name of its well-known historic landmark. ==
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