Pageton | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of West Virginia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | McDowell |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.225 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.201 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.024 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 187 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 37.3492°N -81.4653°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 24871 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Pageton is a census-designated place (CDP) in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 187. Pageton is 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.
Pageton was named after Louis R. Page, a colliery official.[3]
Although coal mining activity ended long ago, the Page Coal and Coke Company Store at Pageton survives, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.