Bluefield, West Virginia, United States

E1636

city municipality

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States, is a small Appalachian city best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning mathematician John Nash.

Aliases (3)

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
areaCode	304 → 681 →
borderWith	Bluefield, Virginia →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
coordinateLatitude	37.2698° N →
coordinateLongitude	81.2223° W →
country	United States →
county	Mercer County →
countySeatOf	none →
elevation	approximately 2611 feet → approximately 796 meters →
governmentType	city government →
hasAirport	Mercer County Airport →
hasHighSchool	Bluefield High School →
hasHistoricDistrict	Bluefield Commercial Historic District → Bluefield Residential Historic District →
hasInstitution	Bluefield State University →
hasNotablePerson	John Forbes Nash Jr. →
historicalIndustry	bituminous coal → rail transport →
incorporatedAsCity	late 19th century →
knownFor	birthplace of John Forbes Nash Jr. → coal industry history → railroad history →
locatedIn	Appalachian Mountains → Mercer County, West Virginia → Southern West Virginia →
mediaMarket	Bluefield–Beckley–Oak Hill television market →
namedAfter	Bluefield, Virginia →
nearestInterstateHighway	Interstate 77 →
nickname	Nature’s Air-Conditioned City →
offers	free lemonade on days above 90°F (tradition) →
partOf	Appalachia →
population	approximately 9,000 (early 2020s estimate) →
postalCode	24701 →
region	Coalfields of West Virginia →
servedBy	Norfolk Southern Railway → U.S. Route 19 → U.S. Route 460 →
state	West Virginia →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
twinCityWith	Bluefield, Virginia →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bluefield Commercial Historic District ("Bluefield, West Virginia") → Bluefield State University ("Bluefield, West Virginia") → School of Education at Bluefield State University ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	locatedIn
Bluefield Commercial Historic District ("Bluefield, West Virginia") → Bluefield High School ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	city
Interstate 77 ("Bluefield, West Virginia") → U.S. Route 19 ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	connectsCity
Mercer County ("Bluefield, West Virginia") → Southern West Virginia ("Bluefield") →	hasCity
Camp Creek State Park ("Bluefield, West Virginia") → Montcalm, West Virginia ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	hasNearbyCity
Big Blues ("Bluefield, West Virginia") → Bluefield Residential Historic District ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	location
Bluefield micropolitan area ("Bluefield, West Virginia") → Bluefield, Virginia ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	namedAfter
Bluefield micropolitan area ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	anchorCity
Bluefield, Virginia ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	borders
Mercer County, West Virginia ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	contains
Bluefield micropolitan area ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	containsCommunity
Bluefield, Virginia ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	formsBiStateCommunityWith
Bluefield Residential Historic District ("City of Bluefield government") →	hasGoverningBody
Mercer County, West Virginia ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	hasLargestCity
Mercer County ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	hasPrincipalCity
Mercer County ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	hasPrincipalCommunity
Montcalm, West Virginia ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	isNear
Mercer County ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	largestCity
Mercer County Airport ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	locatedNear
John Nash →	placeOfBirth
Bluefield micropolitan area ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	principalCity
Nature’s Air-Conditioned City ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	refersTo
Mercer County Airport ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	serves
Bluefield–Beckley–Oak Hill television market ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	servesCity
A Beautiful Mind (biography) ("Bluefield, West Virginia") →	subjectBirthPlace