There are many ghost towns in West Virginia, some of which were created and abandoned as part of the "boom and bust" economy of coal mining industry.
Algoma, in McDowell County Ames, in Fayette County Bachman, in Fayette County Bartley, in McDowell County Beartown, in McDowell County Beury, in Fayette County Big Sandy, in McDowell County Black Wolf, in McDowell County Blue Sulphur Springs, in Greenbrier County Boone, in Fayette County Brink, in Greenbrier County Brooklyn, in Fayette County Brown, in Fayette County Bulltown, in Braxton County Caperton, in Fayette County Carbondale, in Fayette County Carlisle, in Fayette County Carver, in Fayette County Cinderella, in Mingo County Concho, in Fayette County Crescent, in Fayette County Cunard, in Fayette County Derryhale, in Fayette County Devon, in Mingo County Dimmock, in Fayette County Dunloup, in Fayette County Eagle, in Fayette County Elverton, in Fayette County Emmett, in Logan County Ennis, in McDowell County Erskine, in Fayette County Faraday, in McDowell County Fayette, in Fayette County Fire Creek, in Fayette County Freed, in Calhoun County Gad, in Nicholas County. Submerged under Summersville Lake Gamoca, in Fayette County Gaymont, in Fayette County Gilliam, in McDowell County Glade, in Fayette County Glen Alum, in Mingo County Goodwill, in Mercer County Harewood, in Fayette County Hawks Nest, in Fayette County Honeydew, in Fayette County Ingram Branch, in Fayette County Jacobs Fork, in McDowell County Jerryville, in Webster County Kaymoor, in Fayette County Kilsyth, in Fayette County Kingston, in Fayette County Krollitz, in McDowell County Landgraff, in McDowell County Landisburg, in Fayette County Layland, in Fayette County Lex, in McDowell County Lilly, in Summers County Lobelia, in Pocahontas County Long Branch, in Fayette County Lookout, in Fayette County Lynn, in Mingo County Mahan, in Fayette County Marting, in Fayette County McDunn, in Fayette County Meadow Fork, in Fayette County Micajah, in Mercer County Michigan, in Fayette County Milburn, in Fayette County Mohawk, in McDowell County Mohegan, in McDowell County New Thacker, in Mingo County Newlyn, in Fayette County Nuttallburg, in Fayette County Old Gauley, in Fayette County Panther, in McDowell County Perlytown, in Randolph County Pennbrook, in Fayette County Putney, in Kanawha County Ream, in McDowell County Red Ash, in Fayette County Rend, in Fayette County Royal, in Raleigh County Rush Run, in Fayette County Rutherford, in Ritchie County Sewell, in Fayette County Stiltner in Wayne County. Submerged under East Lynn Lake. Stone House, in Taylor County Stotesbury, in Raleigh County Sun, in Fayette County Sunnyside, in Fayette County Superior, in McDowell County Thirty-One Camp Thurmond, in Fayette County Turkey Knob, in Fayette County Vanetta, in Fayette County Virginius Island, in Jefferson County Volcano, in Wood County War Eagle, in Mingo County Westerly, in Fayette County Whitney, in Fayette County Willis Branch, in Fayette County Wilmore, in McDowell County Winona, in Fayette County Wyndal, in Fayette County Wyoming, in Wyoming County Yerba, in McDowell County
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