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Gazetteer
Matoaka, WV -- U.S. town in West Virginia
Population (2000): 317
Housing Units (2000): 155
Land area (2000): 0.268216 sq. miles (0.694676 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.268216 sq. miles (0.694676 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52420
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 37.418741 N, 81.242028 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Housing Units (2000): 155
Land area (2000): 0.268216 sq. miles (0.694676 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.268216 sq. miles (0.694676 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52420
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 37.418741 N, 81.242028 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Matoaka (1853 ship)
The Matoaka was a full rigged 1092 ton wooden New Brunswick ship built in 1853 for Willis and Gann Co. She was sold to Shaw Savill Co by 1859. Between 1859 and 1869 she made eight voyages to New Zealand. Her fastest run from Bristol to Lyttelton, New Zealand was 82 days in 1862. On 13 May 1869 she left Lyttelton for London under Captain Alfred Stevens with 45 passengers and 32 crew but was never seen again. In 1865 she was classed as 1322 tons.
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When and where she took the name of Matoaka, which appears upon her London portrait, we are not told, nor when she was called Amonata, as Strachey says she was "at more ripe yeares.