This abandoned and nearly overgrown coal company house at Terry shows the original "board and batten" siding from when the house was constructed over a century ago. Also, this house has two chimneys, whereas most single family coal camp homes in Southern West Virgina only had one. A 1906 C&O Railway shippers' directory states that Terry "has nearly one hundred houses, all of which are comfortable and rented to the employees at a reasonable figure." I find the "one hundred houses" claim to be incredulous. By looking at the bird's eye view above there are much less than one hundred houses. Also, I don't think there was room for one hundred houses between the cliffs and the river.
Since the president of Stonewall C&C was named R.S. Terry, we can assume that Terry, WV was named after him
Since the president of Stonewall C&C was named R.S. Terry, we can assume that Terry, WV was named after him