Bramwell, West Virginia

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Bramwell, West Virginia, is a historic small town famed for its late-19th-century prosperity as a coal boomtown that once reportedly had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
municipality
town
country United States
economicHistory coal mining
railroad-related commerce
hasAttraction Bluestone River scenery
Bramwell Historic District
coal baron homes tours
hasBuildingType Victorian mansions
historic commercial buildings
hasBuiltHeritageStyle Queen Anne architecture
Victorian architecture
other late-19th-century American residential styles
hasCharacteristic coal heritage tourism destination
historic
small population
hasClimateRegion humid continental to humid subtropical transition
hasCoordinateRegion southern West Virginia
hasGovernmentForm small town government
hasHeritageDesignation Bramwell Historic District (National Register of Historic Places)
hasHistoricEraOfProsperity early 20th century
late 19th century
hasIndustry coal
hasNearbyEconomicRegion Pocahontas coalfield
hasNickname Home of the Millionaires
hasPostalCountry United States
hasPrimaryLanguage English
hasRegionalContext Central Appalachia
hasTourismTheme Gilded Age wealth
coal mining history
hasTransportationHistory served by Norfolk and Western Railway
historicalRole coal boomtown
knownFor having many millionaires per capita in the late 19th century
historic district with Victorian-era architecture
large number of coal baron mansions
locatedIn Mercer County, West Virginia NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory State of West Virginia
locatedInFederalEntity United States of America
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOnRiver Bluestone River NERFINISHED
partOf Appalachian region
coalfields of southern West Virginia

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mercer County, West Virginia
contains
Mercer County
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