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Mercer County is a county in Southern West Virginia on the southeastern border of the U.S. state of West Virginia. At the 2020 census , the population was 59,664. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Princeton . [ 2 ]
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
Princeton and Mercer County would remain supportive of the Confederacy, and was not included in the original counties that made up the new State of Kanawha, ultimately named West Virginia. [ 8 ] By the end of 1865 Judge Nathaniel Harrison was appointed as circuit judge, and Princeton residents shunned him because he was a Confederate turncoat.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia is one of two federal judicial districts in West Virginia. [3] Court for the Southern District is held at Beckley, Bluefield, Charleston, and Huntington. Beckley Division comprises the following counties: Greenbrier, Raleigh, Summers, and Wyoming.
Sep. 7—PRINCETON — A long-time West Virginia State Police trooper has made a retirement transition to the role of chief deputy at the Mercer County Sheriff's Office. Former sergeant Alan ...
Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 9,658 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is the principal city of the Bluefield micropolitan area extending into Virginia , which had a population of 106,363 in 2020.
Kegley is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Kegley is located along U.S. Route 19, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Princeton. Kegley has a post office with ZIP code 24731. [2]
Lerona is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Lerona is located on West Virginia Route 20, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-northeast of Athens. Lerona has a post office with ZIP code 25971. [2]