Town of Matewan

Town of Matewan is a locality in Mingo, West Virginia. Town of Matewan is situated nearby to the hamlet Buskirk, as well as near North Matewan.

Places of Interest

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 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matewan and McCarr.

Matewan

Village

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Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek. The population was 412 at the 2020 census, down from 499 in 2010.

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. As of the 2020 census, McCarr had a population of 158.

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.

Town of Matewan

Type: Locality with 499 residents
Location: Mingo, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.6211° or 37° 37′ 16″ north

Longitude

-82.1593° or 82° 9′ 33″ west

Population

499

Elevation

699 feet (213 metres)

Open location code

869VJRCR+F7

GeoNames ID

7162018

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Buskirk and North Matewan.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mate Creek and Matewan Bridge.

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