Coketon, West Virginia

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Coketon is an unincorporated community 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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• Coketon, West Virginia is at coordinates 39°08′24″N 79°30′43″W / 39.1401077, -79.5119986 (Coketon, West Virginia)Coordinates: 39°08′24″N 79°30′43″W / 39.1401077, -79.5119986 (Coketon, West Virginia)

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