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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
Mingo County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,568. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Williamson. [2] Created in 1895, [3] Mingo is West Virginia's newest county, named for the historic Iroquoian Mingo people. [4]
The Mary F. Shipper Library collects materials related to the history of the campus and student life. Materials include alumni newspapers, campus and local high school yearbooks, West Virginia newspapers, and the Evelyn Bane Mineral County Genealogy Collection. [35] West Virginia Mine Wars Museum: Museums: Mingo County: The West Virginia Mine ...
The coal towns, or "coal camps" of Mingo 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]
In the 1940s, Edwina Pepper purchased land in Mingo County, West Virginia, and established her house, The Knob, near Marrowbone Creek, [7] [1] with the long-term plan to form a land conservancy there. By the 1970s, she had founded The John A. Sheppard Ecological Reservation (JASMER), named for her father.
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Mingo County, West Virginia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .