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Blacksville is a town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 171 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Morgantown, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Blacksville was founded in 1829 by David Black, and named for him.
The Austinville Lead and Zinc Mine in Wythe County, Virginia operated in the 18th century and was important in the Revolutionary War in the production of bullets. The first commercial production of coal in the United States was in 1758 from the Richmond coalfield located in the Richmond Triassic basin of Virginia.