Bluefield
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city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Mercer
- Mayor
- Ronny Martin
- City
- 9.03 sq mi (23.39 km )
- Land
- 9.03 sq mi (23.39 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,631 ft (802 m)
- Density
- 1,069/sq mi (412.9/km )
- Metro
- 106,363
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Area codes
- 304, 681
- Fips code
- 54-08524
- Website
- www .bluefieldwv .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Bluefield
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mercer County
- Population
- 9658
- Area
- 22.938034
- Elevation
- 795
- Shares border with
- Bluefield
- Official website
- www.cityofbluefield.com
- Image
- Bluefield-WV-downtown.jpg
- Households
- 4456
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- P8168
- Seo Joo-hyun
- Commons category
- Bluefield, West Virginia
- postal code
- 24701
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bluefield, West Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 0.0036
- per capita income
- 22760
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Its population was 9,658 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Bluefield micropolitan area extending into Virginia, which had a population of 106,363 in 2020. The city is home to Bluefield State University, a public, historically black university serving nearly 1,300 students.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bluefield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.