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In these counties, the new magisterial districts are used only for the allocation of county officials, and the collection of census data; the former magisterial districts continue to exist in the form of tax districts. [6] A List of the current and former magisterial districts of West Virginia, sorted by county: [1] [7]
Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,809. [1] Its county seat is Madison. [2] Boone County is part of the Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Leading industries and chief agricultural products in Boone County include coal, lumber, natural gas, tobacco, and strawberries.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
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Ashford is an unincorporated community and once-active coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. [1] Ashford was established as a coal camp and grew into a thriving mining community. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Orgas is an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. Orgas is located on the Coal River and West Virginia Route 3, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-northwest of Sylvester. Orgas has a post office with ZIP code 25148. [2] Orgas was named after the Orange Gas Coal Company which was established in 1919. [3]
The Boone County Courthouse in Madison, West Virginia was completed in 1921 in the Neoclassical Revival style. Designed by architect H. Rus Warne of Charleston, the courthouse stands on a small hill in a square. Construction started in 1917, but disputes and construction delays extended construction for four years. Its dome was gold-leafed in 1977.
Madison was first established as Boone Court House.The town was renamed circa 1865, presumably for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.Other theories hold that it was named for lawyer James Madison Laidley or for William Madison Peyton, a pioneer coal operator, who was a leader in the movement which resulted in the formation of Boone County and for whom Peytona on Big Coal ...