Blackberry City
Blackberry City is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Blackberry City is located on the Tug Fork and West Virginia Route 49, 0.75 miles south of Matewan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Blackberry City, West Virginia” and “Blackberry City, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Matewan Historic District and Matewan High School.
Matewan Historic District
Heritage site
Photo: FloNight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Matewan Historic District encompasses the town center of the rural coal mining community of Matewan, West Virginia. Matewan was the scene of the Battle of Matewan on May 19, 1920, during a coal miners' strike, an event which led to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest insurrection ever associated with the labor movement in the United States, and was depicted in the film Matewan.
Matewan High School
School
Magnolia Matewan High School was a public high school located in Matewan, West Virginia. The school has been in a succession of four different buildings since 1914. Matewan High School is situated 2 miles north of Blackberry City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McCarr and Lynn.
McCarr
Hamlet
McCarr is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in rural northeastern Pike County, Kentucky, United States, along the Tug Fork River across from Matewan, West Virginia.
North Matewan
Hamlet
North Matewan is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. North Matewan is located on West Virginia Route 65, 1 mile east-northeast of Matewan. North Matewan has a post office with ZIP code 25688.
Blackberry City
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Mingo, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.61149° or 37° 36′ 41″ northLongitude
-82.16652° or 82° 9′ 60″ westElevation
764 feet (233 metres)Open location code
869VJR6M+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 153862851OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Blackberry City” goes by many names.
- French: “Blackberry City”
- Irish: “Blackberry City”
- Persian: “بلکبری سیتی، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “بلکبری سیتی”
- Spanish: “Blackberry City”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Buskirk and Matewan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include McCarr Post Office and Faith Church.
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