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 Wildflowers add a splash of color to grazing fields near Osceola, West Virginia in July 2006 | |
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| Coordinates:38°42′50″N79°38′00″W / 38.71389°N 79.63333°W /38.71389; -79.63333 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Randolph |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Osceola is a formerlogging community in easternRandolph County,West Virginia, USA. It was located within what is now theMonongahela National Forest on Gandy Creek at the southern extremity of Little Middle Mountain and Yokum Knob.
The community was named afterOsceola, a Seminole chief.[1]
During the period 1900 to 1915, Osceola was a sizable lumbering town of several hundred loggers, timbermen, sawmill operators and saloonkeepers who made the most of the then boomingtimber industry.[2] Today, virtually no trace of the former settlement is evident. A few scattered hunting camps and farmhouses occupy the area.
Osceola was very near the celebratedSinks of Gandy Creek and modern maps as often designate the place as “The Sinks”.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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