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instanceOf
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administrative territorial entity
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county
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borderedBy
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Buchanan County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Mercer County, West Virginia
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Mingo County, West Virginia
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Tazewell County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Wyoming County, West Virginia
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climateType
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humid continental to humid subtropical transition
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country
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United States of America
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formedFrom
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Tazewell County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
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governmentType
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county commission
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hasCharacteristic
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economically distressed
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high poverty rate
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population decline
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hasCountySeat
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Welch, West Virginia
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hasDemographicTrend
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out-migration
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hasEconomicIssue
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post-coal economic transition
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hasEconomicPattern
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resource extraction-based economy
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hasFeature
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mountainous terrain
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narrow river valleys
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hasIndustry
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coal mining
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hasNaturalResource
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bituminous coal
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hasPrimarySector
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mining
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hasRiver
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Elkhorn Creek
NERFINISHED
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Tug Fork
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hasSecondarySector
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railroad-related services
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hasSettlement
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Gary, West Virginia
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Keystone, West Virginia
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Kimball, West Virginia
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War, West Virginia
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Welch, West Virginia
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hasTransportationHistory
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Norfolk and Western Railway
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Virginian Railway
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historicalEconomicBase
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coal mining
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isPartOf
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Appalachian coalfield
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surface form:
Central Appalachian coalfield
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isRural
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true
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knownFor
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boom-and-bust economic cycles
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coal mining industry
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locatedIn
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Appalachia
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West Virginia
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locatedInMountainRange
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Appalachian Mountains
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locatedInRegion
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southern West Virginia
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locatedInTimeZone
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Eastern Time Zone
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namedAfter
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James McDowell
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partOf
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Bureau of the Census
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surface form:
United States Census Bureau
coalfields of southern West Virginia
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state
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West Virginia
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subdivisionType
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county
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