Big Four
Big Four is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Their post office has been closed. Originally known as Cirrus, Big Four is reported to have been renamed for the four men who operated the coal mines in the area.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Big Four, West Virginia”, “Big Four, WV”, and “Cirrus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Houston Coal Company Store and Mount View High School.
Houston Coal Company Store
Building
Photo: Bitmapped, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Houston Coal Company Store, also known as the Koppers Store, is an intact example of a coal company store, located at Carswell, West Virginia. The 1923 Italian Renaissance building possesses a detailed brick exterior and a clay tile roof, with skylights at the roof's peak.
Mount View High School
School building
Mount View High School is a public high school in Welch, West Virginia. Located on the grounds of an old strip mine in the mountains of McDowell County, West Virginia, Mount View High School is one of two schools in the Welch area, with the other being Welch Elementary School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Superior and Bottom Creek.
Superior
Hamlet
Superior is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Superior is located on U.S. Route 52, 2.5 miles east-southeast of Welch. The community most likely was named after the Lake Superior Coal Company.
Bottom Creek
Hamlet
Bottom Creek is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Bottom Creek lies along U.S. Route 52 between the towns of Kimball and Vivian. It takes its name from the stream that runs through the community.
Carswell
Hamlet
Carswell is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Carswell lies to the north of the town of Kimball. Carswell is situated 2 miles north of Big Four.
Big Four
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: McDowell, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.41484° or 37° 24′ 53″ northLongitude
-81.52066° or 81° 31′ 14″ westElevation
1,453 feet (443 metres)Open location code
869WCF7H+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 154103779OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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