Mercer County, West Virginia

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administrative territorial entity county

Mercer County, West Virginia is a county in the southern part of the state known for its Appalachian landscape, coal mining heritage, and the city of Bluefield as a major population and economic center.

Aliases (1)

Mercer County Circuit Court of West Virginia ×1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → county →
borderedBy	Giles County, Virginia → McDowell County, West Virginia → Raleigh County, West Virginia → Summers County, West Virginia → Tazewell County, Virginia → Wyoming County, West Virginia →
contains	Ada, West Virginia → Kegley, West Virginia → surface form: "Arista, West Virginia" Athens, West Virginia → Bluefield, West Virginia, United States → surface form: "Bluefield, West Virginia" Bluewell, West Virginia → Bramwell, West Virginia → Lashmeet, West Virginia → surface form: "Camp Creek, West Virginia" Coopers, West Virginia → Eads Mill, West Virginia → Elgood, West Virginia → Montcalm, West Virginia → surface form: "Freeman, West Virginia" Kegley, West Virginia → surface form: "Glenwood, West Virginia" Kegley, West Virginia → surface form: "Green Valley, West Virginia" Kegley, West Virginia → Kellysville, West Virginia → Lashmeet, West Virginia → Lerona, West Virginia → Matoaka, West Virginia → Melrose, West Virginia → Montcalm, West Virginia → Oakvale, West Virginia → Bluewell, West Virginia → surface form: "PikeView, West Virginia" Princeton, West Virginia → Rock, West Virginia → Spanishburg, West Virginia →
containsEducationalInstitution	Bluefield State University → Concord University → New River Community and Technical College Princeton campus →
containsProtectedArea	Camp Creek State Park → Pinnacle Rock State Park →
country	United States of America →
governedBy	Mercer County Commission →
hasCountySeat	Princeton, West Virginia →
hasEconomicSector	coal mining → education → healthcare → retail trade → tourism →
hasFeature	Appalachian Mountains → Bluestone River → Brush Creek Falls → East River →
hasFIPSCode	54055 →
hasGNISID	1555120 →
hasJudicialDistrict	Mercer County, West Virginia → surface form: "Mercer County Circuit Court of West Virginia"
hasLargestCity	Bluefield, West Virginia, United States → surface form: "Bluefield, West Virginia"
hasMajorHighway	Interstate 77 → U.S. Route 19 → U.S. Route 460 → West Virginia Route 123 → West Virginia Route 20 → West Virginia Turnpike →
knownFor	Appalachian landscape → coal mining heritage →
locatedIn	Appalachia → West Virginia →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter	Hugh Mercer →
partOf	United States Census Bureau metropolitan area of Bluefield micropolitan area →

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

McDowell County, West Virginia → borderedBy → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Raleigh County, West Virginia → borderedBy → Mercer County, West Virginia →

McDowell County → borders → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Wyoming County, West Virginia → borders → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Summers County, West Virginia → bordersOn → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Bluefield Commercial Historic District → county → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Brush Creek Falls → county → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Montcalm, West Virginia → county → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Oakvale, West Virginia → county → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Mercer County, West Virginia → hasJudicialDistrict → Mercer County, West Virginia →

this entity surface form: "Mercer County Circuit Court of West Virginia"

Oakvale, West Virginia → isPartOf → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Bluefield Commercial Historic District → locatedIn → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Bluefield High School → locatedIn → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States → locatedIn → Mercer County, West Virginia →

subject surface form: "Bluefield, West Virginia"

Brush Creek Falls → locatedIn → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Camp Creek State Park → locatedIn → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Montcalm, West Virginia → locatedIn → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Pinnacle Rock State Park → locatedIn → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Mercer County Airport → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Bluefield Residential Historic District → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Hugh Mercer → namesake → Mercer County, West Virginia →

Mercer County Airport → serves → Mercer County, West Virginia →