Editing Gassaway, West Virginia (section)

==History==
The town was originally created at the ends of two divisions of the [[Coal and Coke Railway]], one originating in [[Charleston, WV|Charleston]] and the other originating in [[Elkins, WV|Elkins]]. Because of its central location, the area was an ideal place to build shops to facilitate the transition between the relatively flat Charleston division, which could operate with standard equipment, and the more hilly Elkins division of the Coal & Coke which required heavier engines. The town was laid out in 1904, and over the next decade, businesses and infrastructure such as hotels, a bank, stores, schools, a hospital, office buildings and churches appeared to serve the growing population. By 1915, the Coal & Coke Railway Company had completed work on a depot to facilitate passenger service to the town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gassaway and Community: 1796-1942|url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/communities/gassaway.pdf|work=West Virginia Division of Culture and History|access-date=July 31, 2013}}</ref>  The [[Gassaway Depot]] still stands today and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1994.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>