Thurmond
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 5
- Coordinates
- 37.961, -81.082
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
History
Thurmond is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River. The population was recorded as 5 in the 2020 census. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.