Wyoming County, West Virginia

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administrative territorial entity county

Wyoming County, West Virginia is a rural county in the southern part of the state known historically for its coal mining communities and Appalachian landscape.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → county →
borders	Boone County, West Virginia → Logan County, West Virginia → McDowell County, West Virginia → Mercer County, West Virginia → Mingo County, West Virginia → Raleigh County, West Virginia → Summers County, West Virginia →
country	United States of America →
followsLegalSystem	U.S. common law →
governmentType	county commission →
hasCharacteristic	economically distressed → mountainous terrain → sparsely populated →
hasCommunityType	coal company towns →
hasCountySeat	Pineville, West Virginia →
hasCulturalRegion	Central Appalachian culture →
hasEconomySector	coal industry → service sector → timber industry →
hasFeature	Appalachian music traditions → coal mining heritage → outdoor recreation areas →
hasHistoricalIndustry	coal mining →
hasLandscape	Appalachian Mountains → forested hills → river valleys →
hasLargestCommunity	Oceana, West Virginia →
hasNaturalFeature	Guyandotte River → Pineville River →
hasNaturalResource	bituminous coal →
hasPostalAbbreviationState	WV →
hasPrimaryLanguage	English →
hasRegionType	Appalachian coalfield →
hasTransportationType	rural highways →
isRural	true →
locatedIn	Appalachia → West Virginia →
locatedInRegion	Southern West Virginia →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
locatedOnContinent	North America →
namedAfter	Wyoming Valley →
partOf	Southern Coalfields of West Virginia → United States congressional district of West Virginia →
state	West Virginia →
subdivisionType	county →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boone County, West Virginia → McDowell County, West Virginia → Mercer County, West Virginia → Raleigh County, West Virginia →	borderedBy
McDowell County →	borders