Wyoming County / Boone County
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two-bit Joe
N 37° 47.002 W 081° 32.356
17S E 452514 N 4181916
Wyoming County / Boone County Line
Waymark Code: WMRE7
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/26/2006
Views: 22
Formed in 1850 from Logan. Named for the Wyoming tribe of Indians. First settler was John Cooke; first permanent settlement, Oceana. County has vast areas of smokeless coal. Among its natural features is Castle Rock.
Formed, 1847, from Cabell, Kanawha, and Logan. Named for Daniel Boone, noted hunter and explorer, who made his home in the Great Kanawha Valley, 1788-1795. In 1791, he was a member of the Virginia Assembly from Kanawha.
Marker Title: Wyoming County / Boone County
Marker Location: WV 85, Kopperston Mountain.
County or Independent City: Wyoming
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Archives and History 1974
Marker Number: Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
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