War, West Virginia

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War, West Virginia is a small city in McDowell County known as the southernmost municipality in the state and for its history as a coal mining community.

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War, West Virginia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
country United States of America
county McDowell County, West Virginia
elevationInFeet 1499
elevationInMeters 457
hasAreaCode 304
681
hasClimateType humid subtropical climate
hasEconomicChallenges true
hasFIPSCode 54-84324
hasGNISFeatureID 1555939
hasGovernmentType mayor–council government
hasHistoricAssociationWith coal camps
hasLatitude 37.3015
hasLongitude -81.6821
hasPopulationTrend declining due to loss of coal industry jobs
hasPostalCode 24892
hasSettlementType city
hasTransportationType local roads
incorporatedAsCityInYear 1920
isPartOf United States Census Bureau defined McDowell County area
isRuralCommunity true
knownFor being the southernmost municipality in West Virginia
coal mining history
locatedIn Appalachia
McDowell County, West Virginia
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOnWaterbody War Creek NERFINISHED
namedAfter War Creek NERFINISHED
partOf coal mining region of southern West Virginia
primaryHistoricalIndustry coal mining
region Southern West Virginia
surface form: Southern West Virginia coalfields
southernmostMunicipalityOf West Virginia
state West Virginia
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

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McDowell County, West Virginia hasSettlement War, West Virginia