Mannington / Flaggy Meadow

Mannington / Flaggy Meadow (HMDWL)

Location: Mannington, WV 26582 Marion County
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N 39° 31.524', W 80° 19.956'

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Mannington. Once called Koontown but renamed in 1856 when chartered as town by Va. Assembly. Incorporated under W. Va. law in 1871. Abundant natural gas attracted diverse industry by 1900. Brick, glass and boiler factories, machine shops, granite works, Bowers Pottery Co., among the world's largest sanitary products maker, & Phillips Tool Co., serving coal, oil and gas industries, were located here.

Flaggy Meadow. One mi. south at Flaggy Meadows is site of the first oil well in the Mannington field, drilled 11 Oct. 1889. Location was scientifically verified by geologist I. C. White (1848-1927) using the anticlinal theory. Oil and gas boom sparked industrial growth in Mannington. Also at Flaggy Meadow is uncommon round barn built by Amos Hamilton in 1912 at cost of $1,900.
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HM NumberHMDWL
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Year Placed1984
Placed ByWest Virginia Department of Culture and History
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Date Added Saturday, October 4th, 2014 at 8:57am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 557361 N 4375296
Decimal Degrees39.52540000, -80.33260000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 31.524', W 80° 19.956'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 31' 31.44" N, 80° 19' 57.36" W
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Area Code(s)304
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1020 E Main St, Mannington WV 26582, US
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