Baxter, Marion County, West Virginia
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Baxter | |
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Coordinates: 39°32′38″N 80°8′32″W / 39.54389°N 80.14222°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Marion |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1535314[1] |
Baxter is an unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Baxter lies to the northwest of Rivesville along Paw Paw Creek.
The town was once the site of the Stafford Mine, one of the largest bituminous coal mines in Marion County, owned by the New Central Coal Company of New York.[2]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baxter, Marion County, West Virginia
- ^ Rose, B.H. (1910). Coal Mines, 1910. B.H. Rose. pp. 1–196. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
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