Wilcoe, West Virginia

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Wilcoe
Unincorporated community
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Wilcoe
Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°22′52″N81°33′50″W / 37.38111°N 81.56389°W / 37.38111; -81.56389 Coordinates: 37°22′52″N81°33′50″W / 37.38111°N 81.56389°W / 37.38111; -81.56389
Country United States
State West Virginia
County McDowell
Elevation 1,378 ft (420 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 24895
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1555983 [1]

Wilcoe is a former coal town located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Wilcoe was once an independent community and was incorporated into Gary in 1971. [2] Wilcoe has its own post office with ZIP code 24895. [3]

A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch is typically situated in a remote place and provides residences for a population of miners to reside near a coal mine. A coal town is a type of company town or mining community established by the employer, a mining company, which imports workers to work the mineral find. The 'town founding' process is not limited to coal mining, nor mining, but is generally found where mineral wealth is located in a remote or undeveloped area, which is then opened for exploitation, normally first by having some transportation infrastructure brought into being first. Often, such minerals were the result of logging operations by pushing into a wilderness forest, which clear-cutting operations then allowed geologists and cartographers, to chart and plot the lands, allowing efficient discovery of natural resources and their exploitation.

McDowell County, West Virginia County in the United States

McDowell County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,113. Its county seat is Welch. McDowell county is the southernmost county in the state. It was created in 1858 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for Virginia Governor James McDowell. It became a part of West Virginia in 1863, when several counties seceded from the state of Virginia during the American Civil War.

West Virginia State of the United States of America

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States that is also considered to be a part of the Middle Atlantic States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ Garay, Ronald (2011). U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia: Corporate Paternalism in Appalachia. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. p. 103. ISBN   1572337974.
  3. ↑ ZIP Code Lookup


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