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'''Amigo''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Raleigh County, West Virginia|Raleigh County]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States]].<ref>{{cite gnis|1534921|Amigo}}</ref> The community is located on [[West Virginia Route 16]] at the [[confluence]] of the [[Guyandotte River]] and [[Winding Gulf]].<ref>{{cite map |publisher=[[West Virginia Department of Transportation]] |title=Raleigh County, West Virginia General Highway Map |url=http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Raleigh_3_of_4.pdf |trans_title= |language= |format= |edition= |year=2011 |cartography= |scale= |series= |page=3 |section= |inset= |accessdate=December 12, 2011 |isbn= |id= |ref= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref> The '''Amigo''' Post Office closed on 10/22/2011, it was established in 1915 <ref>http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt015.cfm</ref> The community most likely derives its name from the Amigo Coal Company.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=107|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=79}}</ref>
'''Amigo''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Raleigh County, West Virginia|Raleigh County]], [[West Virginia]], United States.<ref>{{cite gnis|1534921|Amigo}}</ref> The community is located on [[West Virginia Route 16]] at the [[confluence]] of the [[Guyandotte River]] and [[Winding Gulf]].<ref>{{cite map|publisher=[[West Virginia Department of Transportation]] |title=Raleigh County, West Virginia General Highway Map |url=http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Raleigh_3_of_4.pdf |year=2011 |page=3 |access-date=December 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064337/http://gis.wvdot.com/gti/County_Maps/Raleigh_3_of_4.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The '''Amigo''' Post Office closed on October 22, 2011; it was established in 1915.<ref>http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt015.cfm{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Amigo Coal Company==
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The community most likely derives its name from the Amigo Coal Company, based on a conversation with the principal at Amigo in 1935.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=107|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=79}}</ref>

The Amigo Coal Company is listed in the "Annual Report of the Department of Mines For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1920" in Raleigh County with company name "Amigo Coal Company", mine name "Amigo", and post office "Amigo".<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Report of the Department of Mines For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEkpAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22amigo+coal+company%22&pg=PA70 |date=June 30, 1920|access-date=19 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 22:35, 19 April 2024

Amigo
Unincorporated community
Amigo, West Virginia
Amigo, West Virginia
Amigo is located in West Virginia
Amigo
Amigo
Location within the state of West Virginia
Amigo is located in the United States
Amigo
Amigo
Amigo (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°35′19″N 81°20′50″W / 37.58861°N 81.34722°W / 37.58861; -81.34722
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRaleigh
Elevation
[1]
1,580 ft (480 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25811
GNIS feature ID1534921[2]

Amigo is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.[3] The community is located on West Virginia Route 16 at the confluence of the Guyandotte River and Winding Gulf.[4] The Amigo Post Office closed on October 22, 2011; it was established in 1915.[5]

Amigo Coal Company

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The community most likely derives its name from the Amigo Coal Company, based on a conversation with the principal at Amigo in 1935.[6]

The Amigo Coal Company is listed in the "Annual Report of the Department of Mines For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1920" in Raleigh County with company name "Amigo Coal Company", mine name "Amigo", and post office "Amigo".[7]

References

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  1. ^ Rhodell, WV, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amigo, West Virginia
  3. ^ "Amigo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ Raleigh County, West Virginia General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  5. ^ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt015.cfm[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 79.
  7. ^ "Annual Report of the Department of Mines For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1920". June 30, 1920. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
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