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    Hamlin, West Virginia Bares Its Treasures

    Feb 04, 2020 4 minutes
    Mark Hotz
    (Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions)

    A recent exciting addition to my collection of West Virginia nationals takes us this month to a county we visited together back in July of 2019, when we looked at Griffithsville, W. Va., and its long-abandoned Oil Field National Bank. Only two towns in that county had national banks and the other one was quite rare and seemingly never available. However, I am pleased to take you this month to Hamlin, W. Va., the seat of Lincoln County.

    Lincoln County, W. Va., is a sparsely populated subdivision in the far southwestern part of the state. It was created by an act of the West Virginia Legislature on Feb. 23, 1867, from parts of Boone, Cabell, Kanawha and Putnam counties.

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