Jenkinjones is an
unincorporated community and
coal town
A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch, is a type of company town or mining community established by the employer, a mining company, which imports workers to the site to work the mineral find. The company develops it and provides residen ...
in
McDowell County,
West Virginia, United States. It lies on the western flanks of Stone Ridge near the border with
Tazewell County,
Virginia.
History
It is the location of the
Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings
Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings are a historic company store and an office building located at Jenkinjones, McDowell County, West Virginia. Both buildings were designed by architect Alex B. Mahood and built in 1917. They wer ...
which were listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Its post office was established on October 15, 1912. During the years of 1961–1975 it is documented that 8,290,780 tons of
coal were mined by the
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Pocahontas Fuel Company operated mines in the state of Virginia in Boissevain and Amonate, and in West Virginia at Jenkinjones, Bishop, and Itmann. Pocahontas Fuel Company founded the Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company in 1907. In 1956 ...
at Jenkinjones.
Jenkinjones was named in 1912 for
Jenkin B. Jones (1841–1916) who was born in
Glynneath,
Wales.
References
External links
Description Of Jenkinjones as a Coal Town
Unincorporated communities in McDowell County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Coal towns in West Virginia
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