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FIPS code. 54-66412 [4] GNIS feature ID. 2391380 [2] Quinwood is a town and former coal town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 220 at the 2020 census. [3] The community's name is an amalgamation of the names of its proprietors Quin Morton and W. S. Wood. [5]
5 June 1919. Founder. Quin Martin. Walter Seal Wood. Fate. Acquired by Vera Pocahontas Coal Company. Headquarters. Quinwood, West Virginia. The Imperial Smokeless Coal Company was a coal -mining company founded in Quinwood, West Virginia in the United States on June 5, 1919.
History. Crichton was founded as a company town in 1921 by Walter Crichton for the nearby mine. The town and the mine were subsidiaries of Johnstown Coal and Coke, which was a large mining company with its headquarters in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The company was formed in 1912 by Walter Crichton's brothers Harry and Andrew and the mine at ...
Website. www.greenbriercounty.net. Greenbrier County (/ ˈɡriːnbraɪ.ər /) is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,977. [1] Its county seat is Lewisburg. [2] The county was formed in 1778 from Botetourt and Montgomery counties in Virginia. [3][4]
October 29, 1992. (#92001481) County Route 25, 9 miles north of Alderson. 37°49′42″N 80°38′30″W / 37.828333°N 80.641667°W / 37.828333; -80.641667 (Blue Sulphur Springs Pavilion) Blue Sulphur Springs. 8. Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg. Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg. February 2, 1988.
Entered service at: Quinwood, West Virginia Born: March 26, 1930, Quinwood, West Virginia. G.O. No.: 97, December 30, 1953 Citation: Pfc. Pomeroy, a machine gunner with Company E, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy.
The Kingwood Tunnel, near Tunnelton, West Virginia, was built between 1849 and 1852 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on its main line between Baltimore, Maryland and Wheeling, West Virginia, under the supervision of B&O chief engineer Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II. At the time of its completion the 4,137-foot (1,261 m) tunnel was the longest ...
304. FIPS code. 54-26452. GNIS feature ID. 1560581 [4] Website. fairmontwv.gov. Fairmont is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 18,313 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the state. [3][5] It is the principal city of the Fairmont micropolitan area, which ...