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War

War is a city in , United States. The population was 690 at the 2020 census. War was incorporated in 1920 by the Circuit Court of McDowell County.
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  • Type: Village with 680 residents
  • Description: city in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Miners City”, “War Creek”, “War, West Virginia”, and “War, WV”
  • Postal code: 24892

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carter Coal Company Store.

Building
Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Consolidation Coal Company Store, is a historic company store building located at , . is situated 2½ miles north of War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Excelsior and Warriormine.

Hamlet
is a community incorporated within the city of War in , . is located along Dry Fork to the north of the city along West Virginia Route 16.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located in , , United States. has its own with ZIP code 24894. The community most likely was both named for nearby and Mine Tunnel.

Hamlet
, also previously known as Susanna and Watson according to the Geographic Names Information System, is an unincorporated community in , , United States.

War

Latitude
37.30172° or 37° 18′ 6″ north
Longitude
-81.68709° or 81° 41′ 14″ west
Population
680
Elevation
1,339 feet (408 metres)
Open location code
869W8827+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154392315
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4826431
Wiki­data ID
Q2058013
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“War” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وور (فيرجينيا الغربية)”
  • Arabic: “وور”
  • Basque: “War”
  • Catalan: “War”
  • Cebuano: “War”
  • Chechen: “Вор (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
  • Chechen: “Вор”
  • Chinese: “War”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔”
  • Czech: “War”
  • Danish: “War”
  • Dutch: “War”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وور”
  • French: “War”
  • German: “War”
  • Gilaki: “وار (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “وار”
  • Hungarian: “War”
  • Irish: “War”
  • Italian: “War”
  • Ladin: “War”
  • Malagasy: “War, West Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “War”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “War”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “War”
  • Norwegian: “War”
  • Persian: “ور، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “ور”
  • Polish: “War”
  • Portuguese: “War”
  • Serbian: “Вор”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “War, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “War”
  • Slovak: “War”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وار، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “War”
  • Swedish: “War, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “War”
  • Tatar: “Вор (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Вор”
  • Ukrainian: “Вор”
  • Volapük: “War”
  • Welsh: “War, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “War”

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Highlights include United States Post Office and War United Methodist Church.

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