Matoaka

Hiawatha is an unincorporated community located on the N&W right fork of Widemouth Creek at mile post 19.0 on Rt. 10. in Mercer County, WV, 1.5 miles north of Matoaka.  The community has a post office. The Ennis Coal Company operated the mine at Hiawatha. (https://www.nwhs.org/convention/2013mullens/Princeton_to_Twin_Falls.pdf)

Hiawatha was named after an Iroquois chief. (https://www.salary.com/research/cost-of-living/hiawatha-wv)

There are a few of the camp houses still in use and occupied.  Approximately 184 people still reside in Hiawatha. (https://www.bestplaces.net/people/zip-code/west_virginia/hiawatha/24729)