Caretta, West Virginia

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Caretta
Unincorporated community
Caretta Show map of West Virginia Caretta Show map of the US Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°20′8″N 81°40′22″W / 37.33556°N 81.67278°W / 37.33556; -81.67278Coordinates: 37°20′8″N 81°40′22″W / 37.33556°N 81.67278°W / 37.33556; -81.67278
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	24821
GNIS feature ID	1554071^[1]

Caretta is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Caretta was named for the transposed syllables in the name of Mrs. Etta Carter,^[2] the wife of George Lafayette Carter.^[3] It is the only place in the United States with this name.

This coal town was originally owned first by The Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company, then by the Carter Coal Company, and the final operators in Caretta were the Consolidation Coal Company.

Caretta is home to the Big Creek People in Action, an organization founded in 1990 by citizens of McDowell County, West Virginia in order to improve the local quality of life. The organization also boasts partnerships with numerous colleges, churches, and other groups who volunteer in the area.

Caretta's coal mine was connected to the mine in nearby Coalwood, West Virginia, made famous in the book Rocket Boys.

The Carter Coal Company Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caretta, West Virginia
↑ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 155.
↑ Homer Hickam, We Are Not Afraid: Strength and Courage for Our Nation from the Town of "October Sky", HCI, 2002, p. 15
↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

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Municipalities and communities of McDowell County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Welch

Cities	Gary Keystone War Welch

Towns	Anawalt Bradshaw Davy Iaeger Kimball Northfork

CDPs	Bartley Berwind Big Sandy Crumpler Cucumber Maybeury Pageton Raysal Roderfield Vivian

Unincorporated communities	Algoma Alpheus Antler Apple Grove Asco Ashland Atwell Avondale Beartown Big Four Bishop Black Wolf Bottom Creek Brewsterdale Canebrake Capels Caretta Carlos Carswell Cherokee Clark Clear Fork Junction Coalwood Dan Eckman Eight Elkhorn English Ennis Erin Faraday Garland Gilliam Havaco Hemphill Hensley Hull Isaban‡ Jackson Flats Jacobs Fork Jed Jenkinjones Johnnycake Jolo Krollitz Kyle Landgraff Leckie Lex Lila Litwar Longpole Maitland Marine Marytown McDowell Mohawk Mohegan Monson Newhall Panther Paynesville Peapatch‡ Powhatan Premier Ream Rift Rockridge Rolfe Sandy Huff Six Skygusty Squire Superior Switchback Twin Branch Union City Upland Vallscreek Venus Warriormine Wilmore Worth Wyoming City Yerba Yukon

Ghost town	Hix

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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