Uneeda, West Virginia

Uneeda is an unincorporated community on the Pond Fork River in Boone County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

[2] On February 1, 2006, a bulldozer operator was killed at the Black Castle Surface Mine operated by Massey Energy Company's subsidiary Elk Run Coal Company in Uneeda.

This fatality along with another one in a separate incident in Wharton, also in Boone County, caused West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to call for a "stand-down on mine safety" at West Virginia's mines.

[citation needed] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

This article about a location in Boone County, West Virginia is a stub.

Map of West Virginia highlighting Boone County