Lyburn, West Virginia

Lyburn, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Lyburn is located in West Virginia
Lyburn
Lyburn
Lyburn is located in the United States
Lyburn
Lyburn
Coordinates: 37°48′7″N 81°55′52″W / 37.80194°N 81.93111°W / 37.80194; -81.93111
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyLogan
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25632[1]
Area code(s)304 and 681
GNIS feature ID1555011[2]

Lyburn is an unincorporated mining community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Lyburn is also the home of the Bearwallow trailhead for the Hatfield-Mccoy ATV trail.

Mining accident

In 2002, a slurry pond break in the head of a hollow past Lyburn Post Office Road flooded more than ten residences. The pond, called "Pond 8A" is part of the Tower Mountain Surface Mine, which is operated by Bandmill Coal Corporation, a subsidiary of Massey Energy. The mine was originally permitted by Elkay Mining Company, a Pittston subsidiary, but was recently taken over by Bandmill. There are more than ten ponds on the mine site.

References

  1. ^ "Lyburn ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lyburn, West Virginia


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