Baxter, Marion County, West Virginia

Baxter
Unincorporated community
Baxter Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°32′38″N 80°8′32″W / 39.54389°N 80.14222°W / 39.54389; -80.14222Coordinates: 39°32′38″N 80°8′32″W / 39.54389°N 80.14222°W / 39.54389; -80.14222
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Marion
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1535314^[1]

Baxter is an unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Baxter lies to the northwest of Rivesville along Paw Paw Creek.

The town was once the site of the Stafford Mine, one of the largest bituminous coal mines in Marion County, owned by the New Central Coal Company of New York.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baxter, Marion County, West Virginia
↑ Rose, B.H. (1910). Coal Mines, 1910. B.H. Rose. pp. 1–196. Retrieved 2015-03-02.

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

County seat: Fairmont

Cities	Fairmont Mannington Pleasant Valley

Towns	Barrackville Fairview Farmington Grant Town Monongah Rivesville White Hall Worthington

CDPs	Carolina Idamay Rachel

Unincorporated communities	Baxter Beverly Hills Big Run Boothsville Brink‡ Catawba Colfax Flyblow Forksburg Four States Grays Flat Hebron Highland Hopewell Joetown Jordan Katy Kingmont Logansport Meadowdale Metz Montana Montana Mines Paw Paw Pettyjohn Pine Grove Pleasant View Shagtown Seven Pines Stringtown Viola Wahoo Watson

Fictional places	Grantville (1632 series)

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

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