Wyoming County, West Virginia

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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.

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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 Appalachia
surface form: 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 Appalachian coalfield
surface form: Southern Coalfields of West Virginia

United States congressional district (West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district)
surface form: United States congressional district of West Virginia
state West Virginia
subdivisionType county

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Mercer County, West Virginia borderedBy Wyoming County, West Virginia
McDowell County, West Virginia borderedBy Wyoming County, West Virginia
Raleigh County, West Virginia borderedBy Wyoming County, West Virginia
McDowell County borders Wyoming County, West Virginia
Boone County borderedBy Wyoming County, West Virginia
subject surface form: Boone County, West Virginia
West Virginia Route 10 passesThroughCounty Wyoming County, West Virginia
Oceana, West Virginia county Wyoming County, West Virginia
Oceana, West Virginia partOf Wyoming County, West Virginia
this entity surface form: Wyoming County, West Virginia micropolitan area
Logan County, West Virginia borderedBy Wyoming County, West Virginia
Pineville locatedIn Wyoming County, West Virginia
Pineville isCountySeatOf Wyoming County, West Virginia
Pineville hasPostalAddressRegion Wyoming County, West Virginia