Uneeda is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 on the Pond Fork River in Boone County

Boone County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 25,535 people, 10,291 households, and 7,460 families residing in the county. The population density was 51 people per square mile . There were 11,575 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

. The town lies along West Virginia Route 85.

History

Uneeda humorously received its name after residents of the area came to F.C. Leftwich, a Madison attorney, with a petition for a post office to be named Jarrells Branch. This name was rejected by the United States Postal Service, who asked that another name be submitted. The petitioners found Mr. Leftwich tending a store for his father-in-law, Colonel Joel Stollings. While discussing a proposed name, one of them noticed a box of “Uneeda” crackers on the counter and jokingly surmised the name would probably not conflict with another post office name. The name was submitted and accepted. Uneeda's post office

Post office

A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...

 has been in operation since it was established in 1902.

Mining accident

On February 1, 2006, a bulldozer

Bulldozer

A bulldozer is a crawler equipped with a substantial metal plate used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble, etc., during construction work and typically equipped at the rear with a claw-like device to loosen densely-compacted materials.Bulldozers can be found on a wide range of sites,...

 operator was killed at the Black Castle Surface Mine operated by Massey Energy Company

Massey Energy

Massey Energy Company was a coal extractor in the United States with substantial operations in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia. By revenue, it was the fourth largest producer of coal in the United States and the largest coal producer in Central Appalachia...

's subsidiary Elk Run Coal Company in Uneeda. This fatality along with another one in a separate incident in Wharton

Wharton, West Virginia

Wharton is an unincorporated community on the Pond Fork River in Boone County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Wharton lies along West Virginia Route 85. Wharton was named for Joseph Wharton, a large landowner from Philadelphia.-Mining accident:...

, also in Boone County, caused West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin

Joseph "Joe" Manchin III is the junior United States Senator representing West Virginia. Manchin, a Democrat, was Governor of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010...

to call for a "stand-down on mine safety" at West Virginia's mines.