Fort Ashby is an unincorporated census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia along Patterson Creek. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 1,354 at the 2000 census. The community was originally chartered as Frankfort and then known as Alaska before it took the name of its well-known historic landmark, Fort Ashby. Fort Ashby apartments for rent comparison page shows most up to date rent information on Fort Ashby apartments and houses. Rent information is obtained from multiple rental sources but we cannot guarantee their accuracy.