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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.
Map of the United States with West Virginia highlighted. 2023 Rank City Type 2023 Estimate [1] 2020 Census Change County 1: ... Beckley † City 16,576 17,286 −4.11%:
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.
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]
Between Bluefield and Beckley, US 19 has been largely supplanted by Interstate 77 (I-77) and the West Virginia Turnpike. Between Prosperity and northeast of Canfield, the route serves as a major southwest–northwest artery as Corridor L of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS).
View north along WV 210 at US 19 in Beckley. West Virginia Route 210 is a north–south state highway located entirely within the city of Beckley, West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 19 (former U.S. Route 21) in southeastern Beckley. The northern terminus is at West Virginia Route 16 north of downtown.
Oct. 28—Beckley Common Council will soon vote on a new map of the city's five wards, all changed because of the latest Census. Meanwhile, city officials are asking county residents who live in ...
Congressional districts of West Virginia from 1863 to present. Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of West Virginia, presented chronologically. [3] All redistricting events that took place in West Virginia between 1973 and 2013 are shown.