Mercer County

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county

Mercer County is a county in southern West Virginia known for its Appalachian landscape, coal mining heritage, and the city of Bluefield as one of its principal communities.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
bordersCounty Giles County, Virginia ⓘ
McDowell County, West Virginia ⓘ
Raleigh County, West Virginia ⓘ
Summers County, West Virginia ⓘ
Tazewell County, Virginia ⓘ
bordersState Virginia ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Princeton, West Virginia ⓘ
economyIncludes coal mining ⓘ
education services ⓘ
healthcare services ⓘ
rail transportation ⓘ
governmentType county commission ⓘ
hasAttraction Appalachian coal heritage sites ⓘ
Bluestone State Park ⓘ
Pipestem Resort State Park ⓘ
hasCensusDesignatedPlace Athens, West Virginia ⓘ
Bluewell, West Virginia ⓘ
Lashmeet, West Virginia ⓘ
Matoaka, West Virginia ⓘ
Montcalm, West Virginia ⓘ
hasCity Bluefield, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Bluefield, West Virginia

Princeton, West Virginia ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental climate ⓘ
hasHeritage coal mining ⓘ
hasInstitution Concord University ⓘ
hasInterstateHighway Interstate 77 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandscape Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Bluestone River ⓘ
New River tributaries ⓘ
hasPrincipalCity Bluefield, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Bluefield, West Virginia
hasPrincipalCommunity Bluefield, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Bluefield, West Virginia

Princeton, West Virginia ⓘ
hasTown Athens, West Virginia ⓘ
Bramwell, West Virginia ⓘ
Oakvale, West Virginia ⓘ
hasU.S.Highway U.S. Route 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSubdivisionOf West Virginia ⓘ
largestCity Bluefield, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Bluefield, West Virginia
locatedIn West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicRegion Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southern West Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter Hugh Mercer ⓘ
partOf Appalachia ⓘ
regionType Appalachian county ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Summers County → borderedByCounty → Mercer County ⓘ
Bluefield State University → county → Mercer County ⓘ
subject surface form: Bluefield, West Virginia
Bluewell, West Virginia → county → Mercer County ⓘ
Southern West Virginia → hasCounty → Mercer County ⓘ