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Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 17,286 at the 2020 census , making it the ninth-most populous city in the state. It is the principal city of the Beckley metropolitan area of Southern West Virginia , home to 115,079 residents in 2020.
The son of West Virginia Congressman Joe L. Smith, Hulett C. Smith was born in Beckley, West Virginia. Smith attended public schools in Raleigh County, and graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Administration, where he majored in economics. Following his graduation from the Wharton School ...
Alfred Beckley (May 26, 1802 – May 26, 1888) was a public official who founded Beckley, West Virginia, and a brigadier general in the Virginia militia during the American Civil War. He named the city of Beckley in honor of his father, John James Beckley , [ a ] [ b ] who was the first librarian of the United States Congress .
Here's the list sorted by year: John Beckley, 1872 & 1884-1896 (Founder of Beckley) [2]; Thaddeus K. Scott, 1891; Robert T. Willis, 1893; Thaddeus K. Scott, 1894 ...
Raleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,591. [1] Its county seat is Beckley. [2] The county was founded in 1850 and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh. [3] Raleigh County is included in the Beckley, West Virginia, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Staggers is an emergency room physician practicing at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, West Virginia. [3] [4] [5] In addition to her emergency medicine practice, Staggers serves as the medical director of multiple emergency medical services and emergency operations centers in Fayette, Wyoming, Raleigh, and Boone counties in West Virginia.
Winterplace is nearly equidistant between Beckley, West Virginia to the north on Interstate 77 and Princeton, West Virginia to the south. The resort's southern location and proximity to the north-south I-77 corridor draws visitors from North and South Carolina as well as local skiers from Virginia and West Virginia.
General Alfred Beckley (1802–88) wanted his home to be the center of what he envisioned for Beckley, West Virginia which he founded in 1838. Although his town was a piece of paper in 1838, it would later become the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, which was also founded by Beckley in 1850. [2]