Thurmond

Thurmond was a coal and railroad town that became the single biggest revenue source on the Chesapeake & Ohio, with about fifteen passenger trains a day around 1900 and a depot used by tens of thousands of passengers a year. Diesel locomotives, fires and the Depression ended the boom, and the 2020 census counted five residents. The National Park Service owns most of the town and uses the restored depot as a visitor center and Amtrak stop.