Matewan High 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Matewan Historic District.
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 1½ miles south of Matewan High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Surosa and Lobata.
Surosa
Hamlet
Surosa is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Their post office no longer exists. The community's name is an amalgamation of Sue and Rose, the wives of two mining officials.
Lobata
Hamlet
Lobata is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Lobata is located on the Tug Fork and West Virginia Route 49, 5.2 miles east-southeast of Williamson. Lobata had a post office, which closed on July 1, 1989.
Sprigg
Hamlet
Sprigg is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Sprigg is located on the Tug Fork and West Virginia Route 49, 5.4 miles southeast of Williamson.
Matewan High School
- Type: School
- Description: high school in West Virginia, United States
- Categories: high school and education
- Location: Mingo, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.64227° or 37° 38′ 32″ northLongitude
-82.17553° or 82° 10′ 32″ westElevation
699 feet (213 metres)Open location code
869VJRRF+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 356539131OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=school
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- French: “Matewan High School”
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