Duty, Virginia

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Duty is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States. [1]

History

A post office was established at Duty in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1958. [2] One Mr. Duty, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name. [3] [4] Duty (pronounced "Doo-tee") was home to one of the largest coal mines in the world at the time, Clinchfield Coal Company's Moss #3 complex. The mine produced bituminous coal from a geological anomaly where the Jawbone and Tiller seams came together and produced a single seam of coal anywhere from 25 to 30 feet thick.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duty, Virginia
  2. ↑ "Dickenson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 10. ISBN   978-1-57072-256-1.
  4. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 40.

Coordinates: 37°04′53″N82°09′06″W / 37.08139°N 82.15167°W / 37.08139; -82.15167


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