Willis Branch, West Virginia | |
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  Willis Branch  Willis Branch | |
| Coordinates: 37°53′37″N81°15′45″W / 37.89361°N 81.26250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Fayette |
| Elevation | 1,637 ft (499 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS ID | 1555992 [1] |
Willis Branch is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Herberton.
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Hampshire County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,093. Its county seat is Romney, West Virginia's oldest town (1762). The county was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1754, from parts of Frederick and Augusta Counties (Virginia) and is the state's oldest county. The county lies in both West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle and Potomac Highlands regions.
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The coal towns, or "coal camps" of Fayette County, West Virginia were situated to exploit the area's rich coal seams. Many of these towns were located in deep ravines that afforded direct access to the coal through the hillsides, allowing mined coal to be dropped or conveyed downhill to railway lines at the valley floor. Many of these encampments were set up as company towns, and when their mines closed, the towns vanished. A few, like Thurmond, West Virginia, have survived in a reduced state. Fayette County covers portions of three coalfields: the New River Coalfield, the Kanawha Coalfield and the Greenbrier Coalfield. Below is a partial list of known coal towns within the three coalfields: the New River Coalfield, the Kanawha Coalfield and the Greenbrier Coalfield. More may be found here
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The Willis House is a historic residence in Encampment, Wyoming, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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