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The Civilian Conservation Corps
in West Virginia

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Companies and Camps in West Virginia, 1933- 1942

by Milton Harr

The first digit of three digit and the second digit of four digit CCC company numbers denote the Army Corps Area. West Virginia along with Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky comprised the Fifth Corps Area.

While most CCC camp were junior camps with enrollees 18-25 years old, there were a few camps for veterans of World War I. Veterans camps are indicated by a "V" following the company number and African American camps by a "C." Companies 1547V and 1558V were veterans camps and 3538C was an African American camp.

Agencies in West Virginia sponsoring CCC camps:

W. Va. Conservation Commission, Division of Forestry
P & S camps

W. Va. Conservation Commission, Division of State Parks
SP camps

U. S. Forest Service
F camps

U. S. Soil Conservation Service
SCS camps

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
C of E camps

CCC Company Camp Name and Number Address Dates Occupied
518 Camp Parsons, F-3 Parsons 5/20/33-1941
519 Camp Dry Fork, F-1 Davis 5/20/33-11/18/33
519 Camp North Fork, F-11 Petersburg 11/18/33-10/1/41*
519 Camp Scott, F-24 Whitmer (summer camp) 7/11/40-11/1/40
4/16/41-11/14/41
520 Camp Laurel Fork, F-4 Glady 5/20/33-7/10/37
521 Camp Thornwood, F-6 Durbin 5/23/33-11/20/33
521 Camp Woodbine, F-12 Richwood 11/20/33-10/23/35
523 Camp Circlesville, F-5 Circlesville 5/26/33-11/10/33
523 Camp Kanawha, P-59 Decota 11/10/33-10/1/34
524 Camp Glady Fork, F-2 Alpena 5/26/33-11/10/34
524 Camp Alvon, F-14 Alvon 11/10/34-12/6/36
524 Camp Bluestone, C of E-1 Hinton 12/6/36-3/3/37
525 Camp ____, F-9 Elkins 5/26/33-11/20/33
525 Camp Cranberry, F-13 Dyer 11/20/33-1/1/42*
532 Camp Lee, SP-6 Clifftop 7/10/35-1/1/42*
566 Camp Glady Fork, F-2 Alpena 6/14/35-1/1/38
1512 Camp Crawford, SCS-2 Elizabeth 5/17/34-7/31/39
1512 Camp Cabell, SCS-10 Milton 7/31/39-1940?
1522 Camp Beaver, SP-3 Clifftop 5/14/34-8/14/37
1523 Camp Little Fork, F-8 Sugar Grove 6/18/33-10/4/34
1523 Camp Morgan, SP-4 Berkeley Springs 10/4/34-1941
1524 Camp Leadmine, F-10 Leadmine 6/18/33-5/15/34
1524 Camp Hardy, SP-2 Mathias 5/15/34-1940
1525 Camp Watoga, S-52 & SP-5 Huntersville 6/18/33-7/13/42
1535 Camp Pocahontas, P-56 Cass 6/23/33-10/4/34
1535 Camp Seebert, SP-1 Seebert 10/4/34-3/5/37
1537 Camp Seneca, S-51 Huntersville 6/22/33-5/31/38
1537 Camp White Sulphur, S-67 White Sulphur Springs 6/1/38-1941
1538 Camp Wyoming, P-54 Pineville 6/22/33-4/30/36
1539 Camp Greenbrier Rupert 6/23/33-8/30/35
1540 Camp Boone, P-55 Keith 6/22/33-10/3/34
1547V Camp Nicholas, P-53 Cowan 7/18/33-5/15/34
1547V Camp Oak Hill, P-60 Oak Hill 5/15/34-10/10/34
1547V Camp Roane, SCS-1 Reedy 10/10/34-1/10/36
1547V Camp Jackson, SCS-6 Ripley 1/11/36-11/15/41
1547V Camp Stonewall Jackson, SCS-12 Jane Lew 11/15/41-3/12/42
1547V Camp Kanawha, S-76 Charleston 3/12/42-6/15/42
1547V Camp Stonewall Jackson, SCS-12 Jane Lew 6/15/42-6/30/42
1558V Camp Logan, P-58 Sharples 7/18/33-10/20/38
1558V Camp Anthony Wayne, S-61 Missouri Branch 10/20/38-4/11/39
1558V Camp Logan, P-58 Sharples 4/11/39-11/15/41
1579 Camp Mingo, P-70 Delbarton 7/29/35-10/4/37
1580 Camp Jackson, SCS-6 Ripley 8/14/35-1/11/36
1580 Camp Loring, F-19 Minnehaha Springs 1/11/36-10/4/37
2584 Camp Tygart, SCS-8 Beverly 9/15/35-1941
2586 Camp Thornwood, F-6 Durbin 7/1/35-1942
2586 Camp Cheat Mountain, F-23 Durbin (summer camp) 7/11/40-10/1/40
5/19/41-10/1/41
2587 Camp Little Fork, F-8 Sugar Grove 4/1/35-12/15/37
2588 Camp Pocahontas, P-56 Cass 7/1/35-10/28/35
2589 Camp Black Mountain, F-15 Marlinton 7/11/35-3/1/39
2590 Camp Anthony, F-13 Neola 8/19/35-5/9/41
2590 Camp Black Mountain, F-15 Marlinton 5/10/41-11/1/41*
2590 Camp Anthony, F-18 Neola 11/1/41-3/15/42
2591 Camp Nicholas, F-16 Dyer 7/1/35-1/8/36
2592 Camp Harrison, SCS-7 Nutter Fort 7/10/35-12/15/37
2593 Camp Greenbrier, P-57 Rupert 7/1/35-1/11/36
2594 Camp Bowers, S-62 Pickens 7/1/35-1941
2595 Camp White, F-20 Onego 7/1/35-10/4/37
2596 Camp Loring, F-19 Minnehaha Springs 7/25/35-1/11/36
2597 Camp Hutton, F-22 Huttonsville 7/10/35-1938
2598 Camp Price, P-68 Hillsboro 7/29/35-10/4/37
2599 Camp Boone, P-55 Keith 7/2/35-4/7/38
3504 Camp Webster, P-74 Webster Springs 7/18/35-1/8/36
3508 Camp Marshall, SCS-3 Moundsville 7/15/35-1941
3510 Camp Lewis, SCS-5 Lewisburg 7/29/35-1942
3512 Camp White Sulphur, S-67 White Sulphur Springs 7/15/35-10/1/37
3513 Camp Kanawha, P-59 Decota 7/1/35-1/8/36
3520 Camp Randolph, S-72 Elkwater 7/15/35-10/4/37
3527 Camp Preston, P-73 Kingwood 7/15/35-3/13/37
3527 Camp Rhododendron, S-75 Morgantown 3/13/37-1/1/42*
3531 Camp Raleigh, P-66 Beckley 9/14/35-1/1/42*
3532 Camp Anthony Wayne, S-61 Missouri Branch 7/4/35-10/20/38
3534 Camp Panther, P-65 Panther 4/1/35-10/19/35
3537 Camp Will Rogers, SP-7 Seebert 7/16/35-1936?
3538C Camp War, P-63 Berwind 7/11/35-11/8/41
3538C Camp Carver, S-77 Panther 11/8/41-6/19/42
3538C Camp Kanawha, S-76 Charleston 6/19/42-6/30/42
3539 Camp Copperhead, F-17 Frost 7/10/35-10/4/37
3540 Camp Twelvepole, S-71 Missouri Branch 7/13/35-4/5/37
3543 Camp McDowell, P-64 Panther 7/25/35-5/31/37
3549 Camp Rowan, SCS-4 Union 8/13/35-1/10/40
3549 Camp Fairfax, SCS-11 Hedgesville 1/10/40-5/25/42

*Approximate date


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