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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 ]
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 ...
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]
The Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton, West Virginia was built in 1930–31 in the Art Moderne style. Designed by Alex B. Mahood, it is the most significant example of the style in southern West Virginia. Friezes above the front and rear doors were designed by Mrs. S.L. Mahood, the mother of the architect.
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.
Kellysville is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Kellysville is 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Oakvale . Kellysville has a post office with ZIP code 24732.
Transportation in Mercer County, West Virginia (17 P) Pages in category "Mercer County, West Virginia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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