Coketon, West Virginia
Not to be confused with Coketown, West Virginia.
| Coketon | |
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| — Unincorporated community — | |
 Coketon
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| Coordinates: 39°8′24″N 79°30′43″W / 39.14000°N 79.51194°WCoordinates: 39°8′24″N 79°30′43″W / 39.14000°N 79.51194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Tucker |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
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| GNIS feature ID | 1554170[1] |
Coketon is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, USA. Coketon lies at the confluence of Snyder Run and the North Fork Blackwater River south of the town of Thomas.
In the 1880s and '90s, former Senator Henry Gassaway Davis's Davis Coal and Coke Company, worked over 1,000 coke ovens and 9 coal mines within one mile of their central office at Coketon.
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