WHJC-AM (Matewan)
WHJC-AM (Matewan) is a tower in Mingo, West Virginia. WHJC-AM (Matewan) is situated nearby to the heritage site Matewan Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Blackberry City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Matewan Historic District and Matewan High School.
Matewan Historic District
Heritage site
Photo: FloNight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Matewan Historic District 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. Matewan Historic District is situated 1,800 feet north of WHJC-AM (Matewan).
Matewan High School
School
Magnolia Matewan High School was a public high school located in Matewan, West Virginia. The school has been in a succession of four different buildings since 1914. Matewan High School is situated 2 miles north of WHJC-AM (Matewan).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackberry City and McCarr.
Blackberry City
Hamlet
Blackberry City is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Blackberry City is located on the Tug Fork and West Virginia Route 49, 0.75 miles south of Matewan.
McCarr
Hamlet
McCarr is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in rural northeastern Pike County, Kentucky, United States, along the Tug Fork River across from Matewan, West Virginia.
WHJC-AM (Matewan)
- Type: Tower
- Location: Mingo, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.61733° or 37° 37′ 2″ northLongitude
-82.16763° or 82° 10′ 4″ westElevation
778 feet (237 metres)Open location code
869VJR8J+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 356529375OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerGeoNames ID
4826096
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