Duo is located in Big Clear Creek Valley. It was originally a farmstead for two families, hence the name Duo. Later, brothers Thomas and John Raine came to Fayette and Greenbrier Counties looking for timber and coal lands. When they purchased most of the Duo farm they kept the name. Development of the Duo coal camp and coal mine by the Raine Lumber & Coal Co. probably began in 1928-29, and Raine shipped the first coal in 1933. Mining was in the Sewell seam of coal, and the mines were closed in 1958.
In the 1960's Duo Coals, Inc. mined at Duo. From 1987 until 1989 Thurman Coal operated a small deep mine on the hill above Duo. In the 21st Century a few people are still calling Duo home. Most of the original company houses are still extant, but I couldn't find any remnants of the tipple or mine, only BIG reclaimed strip mine lands.
