J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works

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We checked this business against our three rules. Here is the public proof we found:

• ✓ American owned

  Our Story: "We are seventh-generation salt-makers, brother and sister Nancy Bruns and Lewis Payne." "We are family owned, and we believe that treating the earth and our environment with care will allow our family and yours to live off the land for many years to come."

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• ✓ Made in the USA

  Our Story: siblings Nancy Bruns and Lewis Payne "have come together to revive our 200-year-old family trade in Malden, West Virginia, and once again produce salt" harvested from the ancient Iapetus Ocean under the Appalachian Mountains. "Today, J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works is reviving our family's salt-making tradition on the very same land where it all began." Official contact: 4797 Midland Dr., Malden, West Virginia 25306; 304-925-7918.

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• ✓ Designed in the USA

  Our Story describes the company's own small-batch finishing salt, produced using natural methods on the family land, for use as a culinary salt.

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Last checked: November 10, 2026