Madison

Madison (HM2K15)

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N 38° 4.007', W 81° 49.161'

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County seat, incorporated in 1906 and
named for William Madison Peyton, a leader
in movement for the formation of Boone
County, 1847. Peyton, pioneer in the development of the Coal River Valley, locked and
dammed Coal River in the 1840's and made
it navigable for steamboats to transport
coal from area to markets, and for a period
made the Coal Valley one of the great
industrial regions of the State.
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HM NumberHM2K15
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Year Placed1971
Placed ByWest Virginia Department of Archives and History
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 at 11:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 428127 N 4213541
Decimal Degrees38.06678333, -81.81935000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 4.007', W 81° 49.161'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 4' 0.41999999999998" N, 81° 49' 9.6600000000001" W
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