Duty is located in Virginia
Duty
Duty
Location of Duty within the state of Virginia.

Duty is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.[1]

History

A post office was established at Duty in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1958.[2] One Mr. Duty, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[3][4] Duty (pronounced "Doo-tee") was home to one of the largest coal mines in the world at the time, Clinchfield Coal Company's Moss #3 complex. The mine produced bituminous coal from a geological anomaly where the Jawbone and Tiller seams came together and produced a single seam of coal anywhere from 25 to 30 ft (7.6 to 9.1 m) thick.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duty, Virginia
  2. ^ "Dickenson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  3. ^ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 40.

37°04′53″N 82°09′06″W / 37.08139°N 82.15167°W / 37.08139; -82.15167


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