Coalwood
Coalwood is an unincorporated coal town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The coal mine in Coalwood reached its peak in the 1950s and ceased production on October 1, 1986.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Coalwood, West Virginia” and “Coalwood, WV”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Six and Premier.
Six
Hamlet
Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Six is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Six is located on West Virginia Route 16, 5 miles southwest of Welch. The community took its name from Mine Number 6, a nearby coal mine.
Premier
Hamlet
Premier is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Premier is located along U.S. Route 52, 3.5 miles west-southwest of Welch. Premier is situated 2½ miles north of Coalwood.
Caretta
Hamlet
Caretta is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Caretta was named for the transposed syllables in the name of Mrs. Caretta is situated 3½ miles south of Coalwood.
Coalwood
- Categories: town, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: McDowell, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.38734° or 37° 23′ 14″ northLongitude
-81.65261° or 81° 39′ 9″ westElevation
1,450 feet (442 metres)Open location code
869W98PW+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 154359867OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Volapük—“Coalwood” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Coalwood”
- Cebuano: “Coalwood”
- Chinese: “科爾伍德”
- Dutch: “Coalwood”
- German: “Coalwood”
- Hebrew: “קולווד”
- Irish: “Coalwood”
- Japanese: “コールウッド”
- Ladin: “Coalwood”
- Malagasy: “Coalwood, West Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Coalwood”
- Persian: “کوالوود، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “کوالوود”
- Serbian: “Koalvud”
- Serbian: “Коалвуд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Coalwood, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Coalwood”
- South Azerbaijani: “کوالوود، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Coalwood”
- Volapük: “Coalwood, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Coalwood”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Coalwood Post Office and Coalwood Community Church.
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