Parcoal, WV

Parcoal is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 130 residents. Parcoal had a post office, which closed on November 26, 1988. The community derives its name from the Pardee Curtin Lumber Company, the owner of local coal mines. The through line in Parcoal is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Parcoal makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.