The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMabscott is a town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,333 at the 2020 census. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway built Beckley Station in what is now Mabscott. Later a new depot was built and the old Beckley Station was renamed Mabscott in 1907. Mabscott is named for Mabel Shinn Scott, wife of Cyrus Ellison Scott, a chemist who worked in the coal industry. Cyrus and Mabel were married in 1903 in Marion County, W.Va. Books and newspaper articles have erroneously cited Cyrus Hall Scott as the husband of Mabel Shinn Scott and source of the community name. Cyrus H. Scott was married to Fannie I. Logan and, after Fannie's death, to her sister Emma Crawford Logan.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,408 to 1,341 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1972.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mabscott yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Nothing in Mabscott is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mabscott has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Beckley Feed and Hardware Company in Beckley, 1.1 miles away.
Mabscott and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.