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Jenkinjones
Unincorporated community
Street View Jenkinjones West Virginia
Street View Jenkinjones West Virginia
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMcDowell
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
24848
GNIS feature ID1554801[1]

Jenkinjones is an unincorporated community and coal town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. It lies on the western flanks of Stone Ridge near the border with Tazewell County, Virginia.

The Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[2] Its post office [3] was established on October 15, 1912.[4] During the years of 1961-1975 it is documented that 8,290,780 tons of coal were mined by the Pocahontas Fuel Co Inc. at Jenkinjones.[5]

History

Jenkinjones was named in 1912[6] for Jenkin B. Jones (1841-1916) who was born in Glynneath, Wales.[7]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jenkinjones, West Virginia
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jenkinjones WV post office
  4. ^ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt015.cfm
  5. ^ http://www.wvminesafety.org/hist_tonnage.htm
  6. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 334.
  7. ^ Lewis, Ronald (2008). Welsh Americans, A History of Assimilation in the Coalfields. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 74–75. ISBN 9780807832202.
Jenkinjones in 2014
Jenkinjones in 2014


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