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Island Creek (West Virginia)
Island Creek is a tributary of the Guyandotte River, long, in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in a rural area on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau, in the Logan Coalfield. Island Creek's entire course and drainage area are in Logan County. Island Creek rises on Horsepen Mountain in the southern extremity of Logan County, near the community of Mountain View, and flows generally northward through the unincorporated communities of Crystal Block, Sarah Ann, Stirrat, Barnabus, Superior Bottom, Omar, Chauncey, Micco, Switzer, Rossmore, Monaville, Wilkinson, Monitor, and Mount Gay, to the city of Logan, where it flows into the Guyandotte River opposite Hatfield Island. The creek is paralleled by West Virginia Route 44 for most of its course. According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 94% of ...
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River Mouth
A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake/reservoir, a bay/gulf, a sea, or an ocean. At the river mouth, sediments are often deposited due to the slowing of the current reducing the carrying capacity of the water. The water from a river can enter the receiving body in a variety of different ways. The motion of a river is influenced by the relative density of the river compared to the receiving water, the rotation of the earth, and any ambient motion in the receiving water, such as tides or seiches. If the river water has a higher density than the surface of the receiving water, the river water will plunge below the surface. The river water will then either form an underflow or an interflow within the lake. However, if the river water is lighter than the receiving water, as is typically the case when fresh river water flows into the sea, the river water will float along the surface of the receiving water as an overflow. Alon ...
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Logan Coalfield
The Logan Coalfield is a coalfield located in Logan County, WV, Logan County and Wyoming County, West Virginia, Wyoming County of southern West Virginia, in the Appalachia region of the eastern United States. It is part of the National Coal Heritage Area. Coal is still mined from the Logan Coalfield, but it is no longer one of the top producing coalfields in West Virginia. History The coalfield has been a large source of high-quality, high-volatile bituminous coal since the field was opened by the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O) in 1905. The C&O maintained a rail yard in the district at Peach Creek. Later the Virginian Railway built the "Gilbert Extension" which allowed the shipment of coal from western Wyoming County. Both steam coal and metallurgical coal have been extracted from such seams as the Cedar Grove, Eagle, Alma, and Winifrede. The coalfield is primarily drained by the Guyandotte River, and there were mines, such as Earling, Lyburn, and Marianna i ...
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Wilkinson, West Virginia
Wilkinson is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Wilkinson is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, south of Logan. Wilkinson has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ... with ZIP code 25653. The community was named after Judge Wilkinson, the original owner of the town site. References Unincorporated communities in Logan County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Coal towns in West Virginia {{LoganCountyWV-geo-stub ...
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Monaville, West Virginia
Monaville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 309. Geography Monaville lies in central Logan County in the valley of Island Creek, a tributary of the Guyandotte River, south of the city of Logan, the county seat. Monaville is situated between the unincorporated communities of Wilkinson, to the north, and Rossmore, to the south. West Virginia Route 44 runs up the Island Creek valley, leading north (downstream) to Mount Gay just west of Logan, and south (upstream) to U.S. Route 52 near Pie. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Monaville CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.61%, are water. History Monaville formerly held the US postal ZIP code 25636 until the post office was closed. Monaville was formerly known as "Vanceville" and was listed as such on a US Postal Service map of the late 1890s. The region was likely named for the Vance family who owned ...
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Rossmore, West Virginia
Rossmore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek. Its population was 301 as of the 2010 census. Geography Rossmore is in central Logan County and is bordered to the north by Monaville and to the south by Switzer. WV-44, following Island Creek, leads north (downstream) to Logan, the county seat, and south to U.S. Route 52 at the headwaters of the creek. According to the U.S. Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ..., the Rossmore CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.96%, are water. References Census-designated places in Logan County, West Virginia Census-designated places in West Virginia {{LoganCountyWV-geo-stub ...
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Switzer, West Virginia
Switzer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The CDP includes the neighboring unincorporated community of Micco. The total CDP population was 595 at the 2010 census. The community was, most likely, named after the local Switzer family. Geography Switzer is located in southwestern Logan County along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44. The CDP is bordered to the north by Rossmore and to the south by Chauncey. Via WV-44, it is north to Logan, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Switzer CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.02%, are water. Via Island Creek, Switzer is part of the Guyandotte River watershed, flowing north to the Ohio River near Huntington. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 1,138 people, 466 households, and 322 families in the CDP. The population density was 118.3 people per square mile (45.7/km). There were 537 housing units at an average de ...
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Micco, West Virginia
Micco is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Micco is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44, south of Logan. It is included in the Switzer census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such .... The community is named for Main Island Creek Coal Company (MICCO). References Unincorporated communities in Logan County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{LoganCountyWV-geo-stub ...
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Chauncey, West Virginia
Chauncey is a census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Chauncey is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, south of Logan. Chauncey had a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ..., which opened on August 23, 1913 and closed on June 27, 2009. As of the 2010 census, its population is 283. References Census-designated places in Logan County, West Virginia Census-designated places in West Virginia Coal towns in West Virginia {{LoganCountyWV-geo-stub ...
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Omar, West Virginia
Omar is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Omar is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, south of Logan. Omar has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ... with ZIP code 25638. As of the 2010 census, its population was 552. The community was named after James Omar Cole, one of the original lessors. File:Omar, mining town, West Virginia, 1935. (3110588002).jpg, Omar in 1935 References Census-designated places in Logan County, West Virginia Census-designated places in West Virginia Coal towns in West Virginia {{LoganCountyWV-geo-stub ...
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Superior Bottom, West Virginia
Superior Bottom is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Superior Bottom is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, south of Logan Logan may refer to: Places * Mount Logan (other) Australia * Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud * Logan City, local gover .... References Unincorporated communities in Logan County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{LoganCountyWV-geo-stub ...
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Barnabus, West Virginia
Barnabus is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ..., United States, along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek (West Virginia), Island Creek. Barnabus is south of Logan, West Virginia, Logan. Barnabus was named for one of its founding citizens, Barnabus Curry (b. 1789 d. 1869). References

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Stirrat, West Virginia
Stirrat is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Stirrat is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44, south of Logan. The southern part of the community is within the Sarah Ann census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such .... References Unincorporated communities in Logan County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{LoganCountyWV-geo-stub ...
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