Clothier is an
unincorporated community in
Logan County,
West Virginia, United States. Clothier is located along
West Virginia Route 17
West Virginia Route 17 is a north-south state highway located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 10 in Stollings a short distance east of Logan. The northern t ...
, south of
Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
. Clothier has a
post office with
ZIP code 25047.
Clothier was named after the proprietor of a coal mine.
In 1974, Jack Corn, a
DOCUMERICA photographer, photographed Clothier and its inhabitants for a project on mining and its environmental and health consequences. The images are available at Wikimedia Commons.
Notable people
*
Fred Haddad
Frederick Lawrence Haddad (January 18, 1921 – January 13, 2003) was a prominent Arab-American businessman who was a co-founder and President of Heck's, a major discount retail chain in West Virginia and neighboring states.
Life
Haddad was born ...
, co-founder and president of
Heck's
Heck's Department Store, a chain of West Virginia based discount department stores, was founded by Boone County natives and businessmen Fred Haddad, Tom Ellis, and Lester Ellis and wholesale distributor Douglas Cook. The Heck's name was a combin ...
discount retail chain
References
Gallery
File:VIEW OF THE MAIN HIGHWAY WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF CLOTHIER, WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR MADISON IN LOGAN... - NARA - 556420.jpg, Clothier, West Virginia (1974)
File:FOUR YOUNG MEN GATHER IN A BEER JOINT IN CLOTHIER, WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR MADISON. THEY ARE LEFT TO RIGHT-MICHAEL DOSS... - NARA - 556440.jpg, Four young men from Clothier
File:MACHINERY SURROUNDS THE OPENING OF A NEW COAL MINE, CALLED THE ROBIN MINE, OWNED BY THE ALMA COAL CORPORATION NEAR... - NARA - 556446.jpg, The new Robin Mine
File:EDGAR ZORNES OF CLOTHIER, WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR MADISON WITH HIS DOG. A MINER FOR 23 YEARS, HE HAS BLACK LUNG. DOCTORS... - NARA - 556421.jpg, Miner with black lung disease
Unincorporated communities in Logan County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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