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There are many ghost towns in West Virginia, [1] ... Thurmond, in Fayette County [6] [3] [4] Turkey Knob, in Fayette County; Vanetta, in Fayette County; Virginius Island;
Thurmond is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River. The population was five at the 2020 census. The population was five at the 2020 census. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway .
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. [1]
Deadly Protest. Ludlow, Colorado Rather than ghost stories and local legends, this coal mining town is the site of a real-life horror story. In 1913, thousands of miners went on strike to protest ...
4. Tombstone, Arizona. Tombstone became a boomtown after a silver-mining strike in the late 1870s. It's most infamous for a shootout at the O.K. Corral, a gunfight that involved Wyatt Earp, Earp's ...
Pages in category "Ghost towns in West Virginia" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. ... Thurmond, West Virginia; Tina, West Virginia; V ...
Grafton, West Virginia: A large, headless, hulking creature with smooth, seal-like skin. 7–9 feet [24] [25] Indrid Cold: Point Pleasant, West Virginia: A humanoid entity, claiming extraterrestrial origin, with an inhumanly large smile. 6 feet [26] Mothman: Point Pleasant, West Virginia: A large winged moth-like humanoid with glowing red eyes ...
Thats right, a Ghost TownCoal town guy 19:37, 28 June 2018 (UTC) I don't see Thurmond as a ghost town. To me, a ghost town has been completely abandoned or may not even exist in any physical form anymore. That's basically what Wikipedia's ghost town article defines it as as well. Thurmond is minimally populated, but it does have privately owned ...