Turkey Knob was 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
Fayette County,
West Virginia, United States.
See also
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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.
List
* Algoma, West Virginia, Algoma, in McDowell County, West Virginia, McDowell County
* Am ...
References
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, West Virginia
Coal towns in West Virginia
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