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HOUSE OF BOOMER SEEN FROM ACROSS KANAWHA RIVER. THEY ARE LOCATED NEAR THE UNION CARBIDE FERRO-ALLOY PLANT. TOTAL PLANT EMISSIONS HAVE BEEN REDUCED 97.7 PERCENT SINCE 1967. THE CORPORATION AND THE WEST VIRGINIA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION AGREED TO A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE. EPA STACK SAMPLED PLANT EMISSIONS WHILE DEVELOPING NATIONAL NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. (SEE FICHEPhoto: Schaefer, Harry, Photographer (NARA record: 8464469) · Public domain
Famous people · Boomer

No famous person born in Boomer is listed yet

Mount Carbon, which borders it, has one on its list: Calvin Hicks. In all of West Virginia, the famous people on record come from 160 towns. The longest list of any town in West Virginia belongs to Huntington, with 62. After Huntington, the next longest list in West Virginia is Charleston’s, with 48.

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Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Boomer), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Boomer has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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Famous people born near Boomer

Only Mount Carbon nearby has a name on record.

CHMount CarbonCalvin HicksGino MarchettiSmithersGino Marchetti

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Boomer and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.

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