Anawalt, WV

united states

Anawalt is a tiny mountain community in southern West Virginia near the Virginia border, home to just 109 people in McDowell County's coal country. Reach it via US Route 52 through the Tug Fork valley, with Mercer County Airport about 30 miles southeast in Bluefield. The town once operated one of the region's largest coal preparation plants, with endless trains of coal cars filling the narrow valley.