Coketon
Coketon is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Coketon lies at the confluence of Snyder Run and the North Fork Blackwater River, south of the town of Thomas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Coketon, West Virginia” and “Coketon, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elakala Falls.
Elakala Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Forest Wander, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Elakala Falls are a series of four waterfalls of Shays Run as it descends into the Blackwater Canyon in West Virginia. They are within Blackwater Falls State Park and are quite popular among photographers, with the ease of access for the first waterfall, and the relatively low traffic of the other waterfalls in the series. Elakala Falls is situated 2½ miles south of Coketon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglas and Benbush.
Douglas
Hamlet
Douglas is an unincorporated community and coal town on the North Fork Blackwater River in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Originally known as Albert, the community's name was changed to Douglas by an official Board on Geographic Names decision in 1965.
Benbush
Hamlet
Benbush is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Benbush is located to the northwest of Thomas along West Virginia Secondary Route 18.
Pierce
Hamlet
Pierce is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after one Mr. Pierce, a railroad official. Pierce is situated 2½ miles north of Coketon.
Coketon
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Tucker, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.14011° or 39° 8′ 24″ northLongitude
-79.512° or 79° 30′ 43″ westElevation
2,897 feet (883 metres)Open location code
87F24FRQ+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 158565496OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Thomas Junction and Thomas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Buxton & Landstreet Gallery and Studios and Historic Coke Ovens.
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