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unusual facts about coal town



Thurmond, West Virginia

The town was the filming location for John Sayles' 1987 movie Matewan since it still possesses many of the characteristics of a 1920s Appalachian coal town.


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Allais

Allais, Kentucky, unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States

Jez Lowe

"Galloways," "Nearer to Nettles," and "These Coal Town Days" are among the songs that directly address economic conditions.

Newcastle, Texas

Following the beginning of coal mining in 1908, the town was established and named for the English coal town, Newcastle upon Tyne.

St. Clair, Pennsylvania

Anthony F. C. Wallace: St. Clair: A Nineteenth-Century Coal Town's Experience with a Disaster-Prone Industry, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, Paperback and with corrections 1988 ISBN 0-8014-9900-3 LCCN n/88/37772