Pageton, West Virginia

Pageton is an unincorporated town in McDowell County, West Virginia. Pageton was located on the Tug Fork Branch of the Norfolk and Western Railway, along the Pocahontas seam of rich bituminous coal. Pageton is located on State Route 161 between Thorpe and Anawalt.

History

Pageton was named for William Nelson Page (1854-1932) a civil engineer and industrialist who lived in Ansted, where he managed many iron, coal, and railroad enterprises. William Page was the first president of The Virginian Railway Company (now a part of Norfolk Southern).

William N. Page was a principal of the Page Coal and Coke Company, a coal and coking company with another operation in Page in Fayette County. He established the mining operation tipple and coking ovens at Pageton around 1907.

Legacy

Although coal mining activity ended long ago, the company store of the Page Coal and Coke Company at Pageton survives, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

External links

* [http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/VirginianRailwayEnthusiasts/ Virginian Railway (VGN) Enthusiasts] non-profit group of preservationists, authors, photographers, historians, modelers, and railfans
* [http://www.virginiasampler.com/virginian_railway_authors.htm listing of Virginian Railway authors and their works]