Coalwood, West Virginia

Coalwood, West Virginia
Coalwood, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
	Location of Coalwood, West Virginia
	Coordinates: 37°23′14″N 81°39′09″W / 37.38722°N 81.65250°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Founded	1905
Elevation	1,450 ft (442 m)
Population (1990)
• Total	900
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	24824
Area code	304
GNIS feature ID	1554166

Coalwood is an unincorporated coal town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The coal mine in Coalwood reached its peak in the 1950s and ceased production on October 1, 1986. As of the 1990 census—the last time the town was counted separately—the population was 900. The town is the setting of Homer Hickam's best-selling 1998 memoir Rocket Boys, as well as its 1999 film adaptation, October Sky.^[3]

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^ "Coalwood". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 27, 1980. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
^ Hickam Jr., Homer (1998). Rocket Boys. Delacorte Press. ISBN 0-385-33320-X.

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[GNIS-2] "Coalwood". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 27, 1980. Retrieved December 19, 2008.

[3] Hickam Jr., Homer (1998). Rocket Boys. Delacorte Press. ISBN 0-385-33320-X.

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