Coalwood, West Virginia
(重定向自Coalwood)




Coalwood is an unincorporated community coal town in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. The coal mine in Coalwood reached its peak in the 1960s and finally shut down production on October 1, 1982. As of the 1990 Census - the last time the town was counted separately - , the population was 900. The town is the setting of the best-selling memoir October Sky by Homer Hickam and the movie based on the book.