Jenkinjones is an unincorporated community and coal town 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 which were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[2] Its post office [3] was established on October 15, 1912.[4] During the years of 1961–1975 it is documented that 8,290,780 tons of coal were mined by the Pocahontas Fuel Company at Jenkinjones.[5]
Jenkinjones was named in 1912[6] for Jenkin B. Jones (1841–1916) who was born in Glynneath, Wales.[7]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jenkinjones, West Virginia
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jenkinjones WV post office
- ^ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt015.cfm[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Historical West Virginia Coal Production from 1883". Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 334.
- ^ Lewis, Ronald (2008). Welsh Americans, A History of Assimilation in the Coalfields. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 74–75. ISBN 9780807832202.
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