Concho
Concho is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It used to be known as Thurmond Mountain. The name Concho is derived from the Concho River, in Texas.- Type: Locality
- Description: unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Concho, West Virginia”, “Concho, WV”, and “Thurmond Mountain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thurmond station.
Thurmond station
Railway station
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Thurmond station is a train station in Thurmond, West Virginia, United States, that is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The Cardinal, which runs three times each week between Chicago, Illinois and Washington, DC, passes by the station three times each week in both directions.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thurmond and Dimmock.
Thurmond
Hamlet
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Thurmond is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River. The population was recorded as 5 in the 2020 census. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
Dimmock
Hamlet
Dimmock is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The community most likely was named after the local Dimmock family.
Sanger
Hamlet
Sanger is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after Henry Sanger, an early settler. Sanger is situated 1½ miles southwest of Concho.
Concho
- Category: unincorporated community
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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