Price Hill, Fayette County, West Virginia

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Price Hill, West Virginia
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Price Hill
Coordinates: 37°52′56″N81°11′22″W / 37.88222°N 81.18944°W / 37.88222; -81.18944
Country United States
State West Virginia
Counties Fayette and Raleigh
Elevation
2,064 ft (629 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1555408 [1]

Price Hill is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette and Raleigh counties, West Virginia, United States. Located on the outskirts of Mount Hope along the banks of Dunloup Creek, it was built in the 1890s by the McKell Coal & Coke Company as a company town. Until the 1980s, the large Siltex Mine operated nearby.

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.