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Matewan

Matewan is a town in , , United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and . The population was 412 at the 2020 census, down from 499 in 2010.
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  • Type: Village with 497 residents
  • Description: town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Matewan, West Virginia” and “Matewan, WV”
  • Postal code: 25678

Places of Interest

Highlights include Matewan Historic District and Matewan High School.

Heritage site
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The 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.

School
Magnolia was a public high school located in Matewan, . The school has been in a succession of four different buildings since 1914. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Matewan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackberry City and McCarr.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on the and West Virginia Route 49, 0.75 miles south of Matewan.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in rural northeastern , , United States, along the Tug Fork River across from Matewan, West Virginia.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on West Virginia Route 65, 1 mile east-northeast of Matewan. has a with ZIP code 25688.

Matewan

Latitude
37.62205° or 37° 37′ 19″ north
Longitude
-82.16319° or 82° 9′ 48″ west
Population
497
Elevation
705 feet (215 metres)
Open location code
869VJRCP+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154191675
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4813958
Wiki­data ID
Q2224069
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Matewan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماتيوان”
  • Basque: “Matewan”
  • Catalan: “Matewan”
  • Cebuano: “Matewan”
  • Chechen: “Мейтван”
  • Chinese: “Matewan”
  • Dutch: “Matewan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماتيوان”
  • French: “Matewan”
  • German: “Matewan”
  • Gilaki: “میتوان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “میتوان”
  • Hungarian: “Matewan”
  • Italian: “Matewan”
  • Ladin: “Matewan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Matewan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Matewan”
  • Norwegian: “Matewan”
  • Persian: “ماتوان”
  • Polish: “Matewan”
  • Portuguese: “Matewan”
  • Serbian: “Матеван”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Matewan, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Matewan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مئیتوان، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Matewan (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Matewan”
  • Tatar: “Мейтван”
  • Ukrainian: “Мейтван”
  • Volapük: “Matewan”

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