Forks of Coal is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Alum Creek census-designated place. U...
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Coal Fork is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of a larger unincorporated community...
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counties along the Coal River in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It includes the unincorporated communities of Alum Creek, Forks of Coal, and Priestley....
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Civil War. The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia....
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organized most of West Virginia and Colorado. The southern West Virginia coalfields, however, remained non-unionized bastions of coal operator power....
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Fork is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States with a population of 202. Slab Fork is located along a stream of the...
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Monongah is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States, situated where Booths Creek flows into the West Fork River. The population was 972 at the...
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Wilbert Awdry Coal, Missouri Coal County, Oklahoma Coal City (disambiguation) Coal Creek (disambiguation) Coal Fork, West Virginia Coal Harbor (disambiguation)...
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Raleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,591. Its county seat is Beckley. The county...
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Route 52 (US 52) skirts the western fringes of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It runs from the Virginia state line near Bluefield, where it is concurrent...
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was in Perryville (now English) on present day West Virginia Route 83 along the Dry Fork. Results of the election were contested, so to avoid violence...
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creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exclusive of major tributaries, there are about 46 named rivers in West Virginia. Though relatively...
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West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east...
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McDowell County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,111. Its county seat is Welch. McDowell County...
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Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The seat of Cabell County, the city is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Guyandotte rivers....
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of the Coal Wars battle, depicted in the 1987 movie Matewan. The Tug of the title is the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River that flows through the coal-mining...
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Raleigh County of West Virginia, United States. It is located 18 mi (29 km) northwest of Beckley, the seat of Raleigh County. Brushy Fork flows into Little...
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County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Tug Fork River. The population was 3,042 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Mingo County...
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The Coal River is a tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia. It is formed near the community of Alum Creek by the confluence of the Big...
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unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Vulcan is located along the Tug Fork across from the state of Kentucky. The community was named...
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Matewan (/ˈmeɪtwɒn/) is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek. The population was 412...
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Richwood is a city in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. In 2020, the census showed Richwood with a population of 1,661. During the 19th and early...
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the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,809. Its county seat is Madison. Boone County is part of the Charleston...
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West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. The river is navigable and carries commercial shipping, primarily coal mined in the immediate region. The name of the...
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Thomas is a city and former coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 623 at the 2020 census. Thomas was platted in...
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was also the leading center of the coal trade industry in northern West Virginia, employing some 10,000 workers in the coal mines around Fairmont.[citation...
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Buffalo Creek flood (category Coal mining disasters in West Virginia)
occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, on February 26, 1972, when a coal slurry impoundment dam burst, causing significant loss of life and property damage...
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and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. The population of the city was 16,039...
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Vulcan Bridge (category Bridges in West Virginia)
West Virginia. It spans the Tug Fork and the Kentucky–West Virginia border. In 1977, after several failed attempts in contacting the West Virginia government...
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tributary of the Kanawha River, 172 miles (277 km) long, in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed...
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