Cucumber, West Virginia
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| Cucumber | |
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| — Census-designated place — | |
 Cucumber
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| Coordinates: 37°16′40″N 81°37′36″W / 37.27778°N 81.62667°WCoordinates: 37°16′40″N 81°37′36″W / 37.27778°N 81.62667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | McDowell |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 0.452 sq mi (1.17 km2) |
| • Land | 0.452 sq mi (1.17 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
| • Total | 94 |
| • Density | 210/sq mi (80/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
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Cucumber is an unincorporated census-designated place in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 94.[2] It is centered around mining. Cucumber, West Virginia is the only community in the United States with this name.
[edit] Mine collapse
On January 13, 2007, a tunnel collapse at a Brooks Run Mining Company coal mine killed two miners in the town.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder2.census.gov. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ "Tunnel collapse kills 2 miners in West Virginia". CNN International. Archived from the original on January 15, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070115075201/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/13/miners.trapped.ap/. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
- ^ "McDowell cave-in kills two miners". Sunday Gazette-Mail. http://wvgazette.com/section/News/2007011323. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
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