Williamson

Williamson is a city in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tug Fork River. The population became 3,191 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Mingo County, and is the county's largest and maximum populous city. Williamson is domestic to Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College. The Tug Fork River separates Williamson from South Williamson, Kentucky. Williamson is the web site of a massive rail yard constructed through the previous Norfolk and Western Railroad now Norfolk Southern Railway, which turned into constructed to service the numerous coal mines of the place.

The metropolis is covered by a floodwall, finished by using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1991 in reaction to devastating floods alongside the Tug Fork River in 1977 and once more in 1984. The wall incorporates floodgates along fundamental access points which, when locked, form a stable barrier in opposition to floodwaters. There have most effective been two uses of the gates so far: the primary going on in 2002 throughout a chief flood within the location, and the second one going on in 2003, while simplest lower lying gates had been closed in anticipation of growing water degrees.