Tallmansville is a small unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. The ZIP code of Tallmansville is 26237; its ZCTA had a population of 418 at the 2000 census.[1] The nearby community of Sago gained international notoriety on January 2, 2006 for the Sago Mine disaster, which killed 12 coal miners.

Tallmansville
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°54′48″N 80°10′48″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Upshur
Population  (2000)
• Total	418
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	26237

Wikinews has three articles on the accident:

• Coal miners trapped in West Virginia mine
• 13 coal miners trapped in West Virginia mine
• 12 coal miners are found dead, 1 in critical condition, in West Virginia mine

The community of Tallmansville received its name, honoring their first postmaster Benjamin Tallman, in 1869. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the town has also had the toponyms Stroder and Strader Station in the past.

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