Welch
Inscription
Incorporated, 1893, and named for Captain I. A. Welch, who led in the coal development of this county and founded the city. Here is the first memorial building erected in the United States to the memory of the veterans of World War I.
Location
AddressWelch, scenic overlook, US 52, 1.1 miles east of WV 103
CityWelch
CountyMcDowell
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates37.420830, -81.688960
Sources
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Mc Dowell County/West Virginia (Mc Dowell County)
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Formed from Tazewell, 1858.
Mc Dowell County/Mercer County
Formed, 1837, from Giles and Tazewell.
Mc Dowell County/Wyoming County
Formed from Tazewell, 1858.
Mc Dowell County/Wyoming County
Formed from Tazewell, 1858.
Lewis' Camp
Iaeger, WV
Here Major (later General) Andrew Lewis camped, February 26, 1756, with Virginia troops on way to attack Indians who had been raiding the...