Whitby is an unincorporated community and coal town in the Winding Gulf Coalfield of southern West Virginia within Raleigh County, United States.

Whitby
Unincorporated community
Postmark from Whitby, West Virginia
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Coordinates: 37°39′58″N 81°11′3″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Raleigh
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	25939
GNIS feature ID	1555966[1]

History

Originally, Whitby was named Stahl. Before 1919, Bowyer was another accepted town name. By 1919, the town name of Whitby was being used. As of 1927, Whitby was the official name used by the United States Post Office.[2] The post office[3] closed in June 1988.[4] From 1917 to 1982 Whitby is documented to have mined 8,995,174 tons of coal by the Bowyer Smokeless Coal Company, Sterling Smokeless Coal Company, Smith and Stover Coal Company and the R&F Coal Company.[5]

Demographics

Whitby is part of the census-designated place of Coal City. At its height of coal production in the 1940s, Whitby had a population of 400.[6]

Notable person

Alexander Halstead[7] was the first settler at Whitby and resided there during the creation of Raleigh County in 1850.

External links

• Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains - Whitby, WV
• Welcome to Whitby WV Rebuilding on the Web - Whitby, WV

Gallery

Panorama of Whitby West Virginia

References