Claremont, West Virginia

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Claremont, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Location of "Beechwood" on hand-drawn map depicting part of Fayette County, West Virginia c. 1887
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Claremont
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Claremont
Coordinates: 37°55′5″N81°3′3″W / 37.91806°N 81.05083°W / 37.91806; -81.05083
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Fayette
Elevation
1,093 ft (333 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID 1549627 [1]

Claremont is an unincorporated community and defunct coal camp in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Beechwood. [2] As of 2022, little evidence of the former settlement remains. [3] The camp was founded in 1887, and after the mine closed in the 1940s most of the residents moved away, although it hosted schools until the 1960s. [3] A prep plant was built there in the 1980s but later abandoned. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Claremont, West Virginia
  2. ↑ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 173.
  3. 1 2 3 Steelhammer, Rick (May 3, 2022). "Few traces remain of a former West Virginia coal town". Public Opinion. pp. A2. Retrieved March 16, 2025.


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