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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.
Coordinates: 37°46′45.8″N 81°9′47.7″W. The Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center (originally the Raleigh County Armory) is a 2,856-seat indoor arena and convention center located in Beckley, West Virginia. It is used for basketball and is home to the West Virginia University Institute of Technology [1] and Woodrow Wilson High ...
Between mileposts 129 and 133, also in Raleigh County, is the Phil G. McDonald Bridge, also known as the Glade Creek Bridge, a 2,179-foot-long (664 m) deck truss bridge, [4] towering 700 feet (210 m) above the creekbed. [5] [6] The New River crossing is at milepost 137 on the Mary Draper Ingles Bridge, named after an American pioneer.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Beckley (FCI Beckley) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. An adjacent satellite camp houses minimum-security inmates. FCI Beckley is located approximately ...
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 km 2) Little Beaver Lake.
Raleigh County Memorial Airport[1][2] (IATA: BKW, ICAO: KBKW, FAA LID: BKW) is approximately three miles east of the city of Beckley, in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It is both owned and operated by the Raleigh County Airport Authority. [2] The airport is used for general aviation and sees one scheduled passenger airline ...
Description. 1. Beckley Courthouse Square Historic District. Beckley Courthouse Square Historic District. More images. August 31, 1994. ( #94000722) Roughly bounded by Prince, Kanawha, Church, Lebanon, Howe, McCreery and Earwood Sts. and Alaska and First Aves. 37°46′36″N 81°11′16″W.
Liberty High School, alternately referred to as Liberty-Raleigh or Liberty of Raleigh, is a consolidated high school in rural Raleigh County, West Virginia, located in the town of Glen Daniel, West Virginia. [2] The names of Liberty and its sister school and rival Independence High School reflect the fact they were both built in 1976, the U.S ...