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Fayette County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 40,488. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Fayetteville . [ 2 ]
Location of Fayette County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, West Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The coal towns, or "coal camps" of Fayette County, West Virginia were situated to exploit the area's rich coal seams. Many of these towns were located in deep ravines that afforded direct access to the coal through the hillsides, allowing mined coal to be dropped or conveyed downhill to railway lines at the valley floor. [1]
Fayetteville Historic District is a national historic district located at Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 126 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures. It includes the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Fayetteville.
Fayetteville is a town in and the county seat of Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. [5] The population was 2,887 at the 2020 census. [2]Fayetteville lies adjacent to the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and is directly south of the New River Gorge Bridge.
Fayette County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia. It was built in 1894–1895, and is a 2 1/2 story, five bay wide, rectangular building with projecting wings. The basement level is built of sandstone and faced in ashlar. Above that, the walls are of brick.
In the early 1910s, Montgomery was the shipping center for 26 different coal operations and was the largest town in Fayette County at the time. [6] From 1895 until its 2017 move to Beckley, Montgomery was the home of West Virginia University Institute of Technology, popularly called WVU Tech.
Nuttallburg (also known as Brown) was an unincorporated community located in Fayette County, West Virginia, named by English pioneer John Nuttall who discovered coal in the area. Nuttallburg had a post office until 1955. It is no longer inhabited [2] and is just outside Winona.