Mingo County
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Mingo County is a rural county in the coal-rich Appalachian region of southern West Virginia, known historically for coal mining and labor struggles such as the Mine Wars.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative territorial entity
ⓘ
county ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Kentucky ⓘ |
| borderType | state border ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | West Virginia ⓘ |
| countySeat | Williamson ⓘ |
| governmentType | county commission ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion |
Southern West Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Appalachia
|
| hasDemographicCharacteristic |
rural population
ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ |
| hasEconomicCharacteristic |
coal-dependent economy
ⓘ
resource-dependent economy ⓘ |
| hasEconomicIssue | decline of coal industry ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue | coal mining impacts ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalCharacteristic |
Appalachian Mountains
ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent |
West Virginia Mine Wars
ⓘ
coal labor conflicts ⓘ |
| hasIndustry | coal mining industry ⓘ |
| hasLaborHistory |
mine worker strikes
ⓘ
union organizing ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
coal extraction
ⓘ
forested land ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryNaturalResource | coal ⓘ |
| hasTransportationHistory | coal railroads ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Bituminous coalfields ⓘ |
| isInCoalRegion | true ⓘ |
| isRural | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Appalachian coalfield
ⓘ
surface form:
Appalachian coalfields
West Virginia Mine Wars ⓘ coal miners’ strikes ⓘ coal mining ⓘ coal-rich geology ⓘ labor struggles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Appalachia
ⓘ
surface form:
Appalachian region
Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form:
United States Eastern Time Zone
West Virginia ⓘ southern West Virginia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mingo people ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
West Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
State of West Virginia
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| seat | Williamson, West Virginia ⓘ |
| state | West Virginia ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | county of West Virginia ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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