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North Matewan

North Matewan is an unincorporated community in , , United States. North Matewan is located on West Virginia Route 65, 1 mile east-northeast of . North Matewan has a with ZIP code 25688.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia
  • Also known as: “North Matewan, West Virginia” and “North Matewan, WV”
  • Postal code: 25688

Places of Interest

Highlights include Matewan Historic District and Matewan High School.

Heritage site
Photo: FloNight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The encompasses the town center of the rural coal mining community of . 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 , . The school has been in a succession of four different buildings since 1914. is situated 2 miles northwest of North 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 .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in rural northeastern , , United States, along the Tug Fork River across from . is situated 1½ miles southwest of North Matewan.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 1½ miles south of North Matewan.

North Matewan

Latitude
37.62649° or 37° 37′ 35″ north
Longitude
-82.14819° or 82° 8′ 54″ west
Elevation
725 feet (221 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US M9W
Open location code
869VJVG2+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154180267
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4816785
Wiki­data ID
Q7056056
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include North Matewan Post Office and Matewan Public Library.

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