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Oakwood, Virginia sits atop one of the most productive coal seams in the country — the Buchanan Mine here still

Telford, Tennessee has a Civil War footnote unlike almost anywhere else in the South: when the war broke out, citizens

Boomer, North Carolina was originally known as Warrior Creek, named for the stream running through this Wilkes County farming community,

McVeigh, Kentucky is a former coal camp in Pike County, one of a cluster of company towns — including nearby

Narrows, Virginia takes its name from the dramatic point where the New River cuts through the ridges of East River

Spencer, West Virginia carries one of the more unusual origin stories among American county seats. In 1839, a man named

Maryville, Tennessee sits at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains, in a region whose springs once drew visitors from

Robertsville, Missouri traces its name to Edward James Roberts, who arrived from Virginia in 1830 at just 14 years old

Hays, North Carolina sits in Wilkes County, a region once known nationwide as the “Moonshine Capital of the World,” where

Cookeville, Tennessee once cared so much about keeping saloons out of town that it dissolved its own incorporation to do