Burnwell

Burnwell's industrial birth took place in 1906, when the Imperial Colliery Coal Co. opened it's No. 1 and No. 2 mines on what was known as ten mile fork of Paint Creek. Burnwell gots it name from the fact that the coal would "burn well." Application for the first post office at Burnwell was submitted on Sept. 1, 1902. It was stated on the application that the population of the town in 1902 was 250. By 1910 the town had increased so greatly that it had 201 households, 209 men were now working in the coal mines., As was the custom of all coal companies, one of the first orders of business was to supply the employees with a company store to provide them with the necessities of life. Most stores offered everything from food and clothing to furniture. They had one barber and one doctor., In a few years Burnwell became one of the busiest towns on Paint Creek. By 1932 the population had reached 2500 people.