Crichton, West Virginia Facts for Kids

Crichton, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Greenbrier
Elevation	2,940 ft (900 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1554222

Crichton is an unincorporated community and coal town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Crichton is located near the western border of Quinwood.

History

Crichton was founded as a company town in 1921 by Walter Crichton for the nearby mine. The town and the mine were subsidiaries of Johnstown Coal and Coke which was a large mining company with its headquarters in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The company was formed in 1912 by Walter Crichton's brothers Harry and Andrew and the mine at Crichton was the first in a series of mines Walter was responsible for as the company expanded its reach into West Virginia and western Maryland. The mine closed in 1951 and Johnstown Coal and Coke itself ceased all operations in 1959. The town is still home to around 100 residents and an elementary school.

Municipalities and communities of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Lewisburg

Cities	Lewisburg Ronceverte White Sulphur Springs

Towns	Alderson‡ Falling Spring Quinwood Rainelle Rupert

CDP	Fairlea

Other communities	Alta Alvon Anjean Anthony Asbury Auto Bellburn Bingham Blaker Mills Blue Bend Blue Sulphur Springs Bowes Brantville Burdette Caldwell Charmco Clearco Clendenenville Clintonville Cobb Cordova Cornstalk Crag Crawley Crichton Dawson Dennis Dickson Droop Mountain Duo Esty Farmdale Fort Donnally Fort Spring Frankford Frazier Friars Hill Gardner Golden Grassy Meadows Half Way Henning Hickory Grove Hines Hokes Mill Hopper Horrock Hughart Julia Keister Kessler Kieffer Lawn Leonard Leslie Lile Lilly Park Loopemount Loveridge Mapledale Marfrance Maxwelton McRoss Meadow Bluff Modoc Morlunda Neola North Bend North Caldwell Nutterville Organ Cave Orient Hill Oscar Palestine Patton‡ Piercys Mill Renicks Valley Richlands Rock Cliff Rockland Rorer Sam Black Church Shawver‡ Shawvers Crossing Shryock Sims Smoot Snowflake Spring Creek Sue Sunlight Teaberry Trainer Trout Tuckahoe Unus Vago Vale Whiteoak Grove Wild Meadow Williamsburg Woodman

Ghost towns	Alum Springs Brink Bryant Fairview McClung Walker Hill Whitcomb

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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