Jenkinjones, West Virginia

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Jenkinjones
Unincorporated community
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Jenkinjones is located in West Virginia
Jenkinjones
Jenkinjones
Location within the state of West Virginia
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Country United States
State West Virginia
County McDowell
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 24848
GNIS feature ID 1554801[1]

Jenkinjones is an unincorporated community and coal town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. It lies on the western flanks of Stone Ridge near the border with Tazewell County, Virginia.

The Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[2] Its post office [3] was established on October 15, 1912.[4] During the years of 1961-1975 it is documented that 8,290,780 tons of coal were mined by the Pocahontas Fuel Co Inc. at Jenkinjones.[5]

History

Jenkinjones was named for Jenkin B. Jones (1841-1916) who was born in Glynneath, Wales.[6]

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  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jenkinjones, West Virginia
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jenkinjones WV post office
  4. ↑ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt015.cfm
  5. ↑ http://www.wvminesafety.org/hist_tonnage.htm
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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