Duty is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States. [1]
History
A post office was established at Duty in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1958. [2] One Mr. Duty, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name. [3] [4] Duty (pronounced "Doo-tee") was home to one of the largest coal mines in the world at the time, Clinchfield Coal Company's Moss #3 complex. The mine produced bituminous coal from a geological anomaly where the Jawbone and Tiller seams came together and produced a single seam of coal anywhere from 25 to 30 ft (7.6 to 9.1 m) thick.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duty, Virginia
- ^ "Dickenson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 40.
Municipalities and communities of
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