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1st. Website. raleighcounty .org. 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 .
Little Beaver State Park. / 37.75583°N 81.08056°W / 37.75583; -81.08056. Little Beaver State Park is state park in Raleigh County, West Virginia. It is located near Beckley, West Virginia, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of I-64 at Grandview Road, exit 129A. The park sits on the shores of 18-acre (0.07 km²) Little Beaver Lake.
Built. 1889. NRHP reference No. 88000266 [1] Added to NRHP. March 25, 1988. Phillips-Sprague Mine, also known as the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, is a historic coal mine located at New River Park in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia . The mine opened about 1889 on what had been operated as a drift mine. Commercial development of the drift ...
Daniels is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,881 at the 2010 census. Geography. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.6 square miles (12.0 km 2), all land. Daniels is located on U.S. Route 19, south of Interstate 64.
McCreery. / 37.84889°N 81.09222°W / 37.84889; -81.09222. McCreery is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. [1] The community was named after James T. McCreery, the original owner of the town site. [2]
Randolph County is the largest by area at 1,040 square miles (2,694 km 2 ), and Hancock County is the smallest at 83 square miles (215 km 2 ). [8] Kanawha County contributed land to the founding of 12 West Virginia counties [12] and has the largest population (174,805 in 2023). Wirt County has the smallest population (5,000 in 2023). [13]
Helen, West Virginia. / 37.63750°N 81.31306°W / 37.63750; -81.31306. Helen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 219. [3] West Virginia Route 16, Winding Gulf and railroad tracks run right through the community. [4]
Amigo, West Virginia. / 37.58861°N 81.34722°W / 37.58861; -81.34722. Amigo is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. [3] The community is located on West Virginia Route 16 at the confluence of the Guyandotte River and Winding Gulf. [4] The Amigo Post Office closed on October 22, 2011; it was ...