Magnolia Matewan High School was a public high school

High school

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 located in Matewan

Matewan, West Virginia

Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek. The population was 498 at the 2000 census...

, West Virginia

West Virginia

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. The school has been in a succession of four different buildings since 1914.

Magnolia Matewan High School was formerly known as Magnolia District High School. The mascot is the tiger (Matewan Tigers). The colors seem to be debated occasionally, but usually consist of green and gold (the different shades of green, as well as white as opposed to gold are the subjects of the debates).

The school was located beside the middle school, and the two share the same cafeteria and parking lot.

The school closed due to declining enrollment and consolidated into Mingo Central High School

Mingo Central High School

Mingo Central High School is a new consolidated high school serving central and southern Mingo County, West Virginia. It consolidated Gilbert, Matewan, Williamson, and Burch High Schools in August of 2011....

in 2011.

External links

• Matewan High School