Wharncliffe, West Virginia
Wharncliffe is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. It is 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Gilbert, and has a post office with ZIP code 25651.[2]
The origin of the town's name is obscure.[3] It shares its name with a village north of Sheffield in England called Wharncliffe Crags, and the associated Earls of Wharncliffe.
Wharncliffe was a stronghold for the Hatfield family in the infamous Hatfield–McCoy feud.[4] In 1899, William "Devil Anse" Hatfield was arrested by a group of 50 men and several officials from Huntington, West Virginia, along with his son Robert Lee "Bob" Hatfield and son-in-law John Dingess.[5]
Wharncliffe is a junction on the Norfolk Southern Railway (former Norfolk and Western) network, where the three states of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky meet.
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 672.
- ^ "A Week's Record". St. Joseph Saturday Herald. Saint Joseph, Michigan. September 16, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- ^ "Hatfield's Caught". The Calhoun Chronicle. Grantsville, W.V. September 19, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
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