Construction of the town started in May 1909 by the Gulf Smokeless Coal Company, which was mining the Beckley coal seam. Serviced by the Virginian Railway, the town initially included 125 houses. By 1920, that number had increased to 185, with a population of 1250. Running water, and electricity for house lights, were supplied water from the town water supply, and power house.[3]
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^ abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tams, West Virginia
^Tams, Jr., William Purviance (2001). The Smokeless Coal Fields of West Virginia: A Brief History. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press. pp. 64–73. ISBN9780937058558.
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