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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 ...
The Coal Valley News is a weekly newspaper produced in Madison in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [2] Published on Wednesdays, it has a 2016 circulation of 1,176, [1] and is owned by HD Media. [3] The 2014 book The Coal River Valley in the Civil War: West Virginia Mountains identified the Coal Valley News as the "region's principal local ...
Exploitation of coal in West Virginia began in the 1840s with the mining and refining of cannel coal in the Kanawha Valley. [4] The principal coal fields in the Heritage Area include the New River , Winding Gulf and Flat Top-Pocahontas coal fields, of which the Pocahontas No. 3 seam was the most valuable.
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 ]
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.
Nellis is an unincorporated community coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States on Brush Creek.The Nellis Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [3]
Whitesville is a town and former coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States, along the Big Coal River. The population was 361 at the 2020 census. [2] Whitesville was incorporated on August 15, 1935, by the Boone County Circuit Court. The town derives its name from B. W. White, a pioneer settler. [5]
The Coal Valley News began publication of newspapers in 1925. In 1925, there were 60 coal mines in Boone County producing over 4.5 million tons of coal. (Boone County West Virginia History, published 1990) In 1925, the North American Coal and Coke Co. (also known as North American Coal and Dock Corporation) started operations at Keith and Prenter.