Rachel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marion County, West Virginia, United States.

The pump station operated from the early 1900s through the 1940s and included a 12,000 barrel oil tank and two 250 horsepower water tube cross drum type boilers.

The area was well suited for mining with direct access to the B&O Railroad and a street car line to Mannington and Fairmont.

Rachel is probably where the Fairmont Coalfield reserves begin morphing from metallurgical to thermal coal.

When the mine opened, Consumers Coal Company constructed a miners' camp on a hill above Rachel to house the workers and their families.

The camp included a clubhouse, which had separate divisions for English and American workmen, and a section for foreign employees, many of whom emigrated from Poland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Russia, and Italy.

Lots are plowed free of charge to encourage gardening, pasture is furnished for one cow and a stable has been erected on each lot.”[7] Based on the growth in population, the infrastructure of the area was developed.