by Lisa Isbell | Jan 12, 2011 | Brown, Dawson, Dyer, Hall, Kennedy, Paisley, Pribble, Putney, Ward WV, Woodrum
Ward, West Virginia was a coal mining town in existence soley because of the Kelly’s Creek mining operation. At it’s heart, just like many other similar communities in coal mining areas, was a company store. Read about it here.
by Lisa Isbell | Jan 11, 2010 | Dawson, Hudnall, Lewis, Morris, Paisley, Thayer, Ward, Ward WV
There are two versions of how Ward came to be called Ward. The first suggests the community was named in honor of Dr. David Ward, a man who owned most of the land that would later become Ward on Kellys and Hughes Creeks.
