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There are many
ghost towns in
West Virginia ,
[1] some of which were created and abandoned as part of the "boom and bust" economy of coal mining industry.
[2]
List
Algoma , in
McDowell County
Ames , in
Fayette County
Bachman , in
Fayette County
Bartley , in
McDowell County
Beartown , in
McDowell County
Beury , in
Fayette County
Big Sandy , in
McDowell County
Black Wolf , in
McDowell County
Blue Sulphur Springs , in
Greenbrier County
Boone , in
Fayette County
Brink , in
Greenbrier County
Brooklyn , in
Fayette County
Brown , in
Fayette County
Caperton , in
Fayette County
Carbondale , in
Fayette County
Carlisle , in
Fayette County
Carver , in
Fayette County
Cinderella , in
Mingo County
Concho , in
Fayette County
Crescent , in
Fayette County
Cunard , in
Fayette County
Derryhale , in
Fayette County
Devon , in
Mingo County
Dimmock , in
Fayette County
Dunloup , in
Fayette County
Eagle , in
Fayette County
Elverton , in
Fayette County
Emmett , in
Logan County
Ennis , in
McDowell County
Erskine , in
Fayette County
Faraday , in
McDowell County
Fayette , in
Fayette County
Fire Creek , in
Fayette County
Freed , in
Calhoun County
Gad , in
Nicholas County , submerged under
Summersville Lake
Gamoca , in
Fayette County
Gaymont , in
Fayette County
Gilliam , in
McDowell County
Glade , in
Fayette County
Glen Alum , in
Mingo County
Goodwill , in
Mercer County
Harewood , in
Fayette County
Hawks Nest , in
Fayette County
Honeydew , in
Fayette County
Ingram Branch , in
Fayette County
Jacobs Fork , in
McDowell County
Jerryville , in
Webster County
Kay Moor , in
Fayette County
Kilsyth , in
Fayette County
Kingston , in
Fayette County
Krollitz , in
McDowell County
Landgraff , in
McDowell County
Landisburg , in
Fayette County
Layland , in
Fayette County
Lex , in
McDowell County
Lobelia , in
Pocahontas County
Long Branch , in
Fayette County
Lookout , in
Fayette County
Lynn , in
Mingo County
Mahan , in
Fayette County
Marting , in
Fayette County
McDunn , in
Fayette County
Meadow Fork , in
Fayette County
Micajah, West Virginia , in
Mercer County
Michigan , in
Fayette County
Milburn , in
Fayette County
Mohawk , in
McDowell County
New Thacker , in
Mingo County
Newlyn , in
Fayette County
Nuttallburg , in
Fayette County
Old Gauley , in
Fayette County
Pando
Panther , in
McDowell County
Pearlytown
Pennbrook , in
Fayette County
Putney , in
Kanawha County
Ream , in
McDowell County
Red Ash , in
Fayette County
Royal , in
Raleigh County
Rush Run , in
Fayette County
Rutherford , in
Ritchie County
Sewell , in
Fayette County
[3]
[4]
Stone House , in
Taylor County
Stotesbury , in
Raleigh County
Sun , in
Fayette County
Sunnyside , in
Fayette County
Superior , in
McDowell County
Thirty-One Camp
Thurmond , in
Fayette County
[5]
[3]
[4]
Turkey Knob , in
Fayette County
Vanetta , in
Fayette County
Virginius Island
Volcano , in
Wood County
War Eagle , in
Mingo County
Westerly , in
Fayette County
Whitney , in
Fayette County
Willis Branch , in
Fayette County
Wilmore , in
McDowell County
Wyndal , in
Fayette County
Wyoming , in
Wyoming County
Yerba , in
McDowell County
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