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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Century, West Virginia

Century is a census-designated place and coal town in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States. Its population was 115 as of the 2010 census.

The community's coal deposits were believed to be abundant enough to last a century, hence the name.

References

  1. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Century, West Virginia
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  4. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 162.