Accoville, West Virginia

Accoville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.

Logan, the county seat, is 16 miles (26 km) to the northwest, down Buffalo Creek and then the Guyandotte River.

The devastating man made disaster was caused by a Coal Mine dam failure located by a hillside.

Accoville's Don Israel Bragg, 33, was killed in the 2006 Aracoma Alma Mine disaster in Melville, along with Ellery Hatfield, 47, of Simon.

Accoville is the birthplace of Ted Belcher, a U.S. Army soldier and recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.

Map of West Virginia highlighting Logan County