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Beckley
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city in and county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Raleigh
- Mayor
- Ryan Neal
- City
- 9.51 sq mi (24.63 km )
- Land
- 9.50 sq mi (24.60 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 2,405 ft (733 m)
- Density
- 1,821.5/sq mi (703.28/km )
- Metro
- 123,373 (US: 317th )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 25801, 25802, 25926
- Area codes
- 304 and 681
- Fips code
- 54-05332
- Website
- https://beckley.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. 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. Beckley was founded on April 4, 1838, and was long known for its ties to the coal mining industry. It is the home of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, as well as an annex of Concord University and the University of Charleston.
Beckley hosts the Beckley VA Medical Center (VAMC) offering comprehensive medical services to veterans. Additionally, the city is home to Raleigh General Hospital and Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital (BARH), both of which provide a wide range of healthcare services to the local and surrounding communities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beckley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.