Logan County, West Virginia

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Logan County, West Virginia is a largely rural county in the southern part of the state known historically for coal mining and its role in the early 20th-century labor struggles in Appalachia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy Boone County, West Virginia
Lincoln County, West Virginia
McDowell County, West Virginia
Mingo County, West Virginia
Raleigh County, West Virginia
Wyoming County, West Virginia
climateClassification humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
dateEstablished 1824
formedFrom Giles County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Kanawha County, West Virginia
surface form: Kanawha County, Virginia

Tazewell County, Virginia
governingBody Logan County Commission
hasAreaCode 304
681
hasCountySeat Logan, West Virginia
hasFIPSCode 54045
hasGNISID 1555000
hasMajorHighway U.S. Route 119 NERFINISHED
West Virginia Route 10
hasMajorIndustry coal mining
natural gas extraction
timber industry
hasMajorRiver Guyandotte River
hasPrimaryLanguage English
hasSettlement Chapmanville, West Virginia
Logan, West Virginia
Man, West Virginia
historicalEconomicBase coal mining
timber
isPartOf Logan coalfield
isRural true
knownFor Appalachian labor struggles
Blair Mountain, West Virginia
surface form: Battle of Blair Mountain region

coal industry
coal mining
locatedIn Appalachia
West Virginia
locatedInPhysiographicRegion Appalachian Plateau
locatedInRegion Appalachian coalfield
surface form: Central Appalachian coalfields
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
namedAfter Logan (Mingo leader)
partOf Southern West Virginia
partOfCongressionalDistrict West Virginia's 3rd congressional district
state West Virginia
subdivisionType county

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Logan locatedIn Logan County, West Virginia
subject surface form: Logan, West Virginia
Logan countySeatOf Logan County, West Virginia
subject surface form: Logan, West Virginia
Logan countrySubdivision Logan County, West Virginia
subject surface form: Logan, West Virginia
Logan isPartOf Logan County, West Virginia
subject surface form: Logan, West Virginia
Wyoming County, West Virginia borders Logan County, West Virginia
Logan County locatedIn Logan County, West Virginia
this entity surface form: Logan County, West Virginia, United States
Boone County borderedBy Logan County, West Virginia
subject surface form: Boone County, West Virginia
Boone County formedFrom Logan County, West Virginia
subject surface form: Boone County, West Virginia
Battle of Blair Mountain locatedIn Logan County, West Virginia
Lincoln County, West Virginia borderedBy Logan County, West Virginia
Logan Regional Medical Center locatedIn Logan County, West Virginia
Logan Regional Medical Center regionServed Logan County, West Virginia
The Logan Banner primaryCoverageArea Logan County, West Virginia
Logan County Schools county Logan County, West Virginia
Logan County Schools operatesIn Logan County, West Virginia
Logan County Schools locatedIn Logan County, West Virginia
Chief Logan State Park locatedIn Logan County, West Virginia
West Virginia Route 10 passesThroughCounty Logan County, West Virginia
West Virginia Route 73 locatedIn Logan County, West Virginia
Logan High School locatedIn Logan County, West Virginia
Mingo County, West Virginia borderedBy Logan County, West Virginia
Mingo County, West Virginia formedFrom Logan County, West Virginia