unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
, United States.
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List of ghost towns in West Virginia
There are many ghost towns in West Virginia, some of which were created and abandoned as part of the "boom and bust" economy of coal mining industry.
* Algoma, in McDowell County
* Ames, in Fayette County
* Bachman, in Fayette County
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