Oakwood, Virginia sits atop one of the most productive coal seams in the country — the Buchanan Mine here still produces over 5 million…
Telford, Tennessee has a Civil War footnote unlike almost anywhere else in the South: when the war broke out, citizens of this part of…
Boomer, North Carolina was originally known as Warrior Creek, named for the stream running through this Wilkes County farming community, before being renamed for…
McVeigh, Kentucky is a former coal camp in Pike County, one of a cluster of company towns — including nearby Stone, McAndrews, and Hardy…
Narrows, Virginia takes its name from the dramatic point where the New River cuts through the ridges of East River and Peters Mountains —…
Spencer, West Virginia carries one of the more unusual origin stories among American county seats. In 1839, a man named Raleigh Butcher sold his…
Maryville, Tennessee sits at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains, in a region whose springs once drew visitors from across the country to…
Robertsville, Missouri traces its name to Edward James Roberts, who arrived from Virginia in 1830 at just 14 years old and went on to…
Hays, North Carolina sits in Wilkes County, a region once known nationwide as the “Moonshine Capital of the World,” where bootleggers running illegal liquor…
Cookeville, Tennessee once cared so much about keeping saloons out of town that it dissolved its own incorporation to do it. In the 1880s,…