Raleigh County, West Virginia

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administrative division county

Raleigh County, West Virginia is a county in the southern part of the state known for its coal mining heritage and the city of Beckley as its county seat and economic center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
county ⓘ
borderedBy Boone County, West Virginia ⓘ
Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Kanawha County, West Virginia ⓘ
Mercer County, West Virginia ⓘ
Nicholas County, West Virginia ⓘ
Summers County, West Virginia ⓘ
Wyoming County, West Virginia ⓘ
contains Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine ⓘ
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
surface form: Grandview area of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve

Little Beaver State Park ⓘ
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
surface form: New River Gorge region

Raleigh County Memorial Airport ⓘ
Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia University System ⓘ
surface form: West Virginia University Institute of Technology Beckley campus
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeat Beckley, West Virginia ⓘ
economicCenter Beckley, West Virginia ⓘ
FIPSCode 54-081 ⓘ
formedFrom Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
Greenbrier County, West Virginia ⓘ
Kanawha County, West Virginia ⓘ
GNISID 1555380 ⓘ
governmentType county commission ⓘ
hasMunicipality Beckley, West Virginia ⓘ
Coal City, West Virginia ⓘ
Mabscott, West Virginia ⓘ
Rhodeell, West Virginia ⓘ
Sophia, West Virginia ⓘ
hasUnincorporatedCommunity Crab Orchard, West Virginia ⓘ
Daniels, West Virginia ⓘ
Ghent, West Virginia ⓘ
Glen Daniel, West Virginia ⓘ
Lanark, West Virginia ⓘ
MacArthur, West Virginia ⓘ
Prosperity, West Virginia ⓘ
Shady Spring, West Virginia ⓘ
Whitesville, West Virginia ⓘ
ISOCode US-WV ⓘ
judicialDistrict Tenth Judicial Circuit of West Virginia ⓘ
knownFor coal mining heritage ⓘ
energy industry ⓘ
largestCity Beckley, West Virginia ⓘ
location southern West Virginia ⓘ
namedFor Walter Raleigh ⓘ
surface form: Sir Walter Raleigh
region Appalachia ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (5)

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

Boone County → borderedBy → Raleigh County, West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Boone County, West Virginia
Mercer County, West Virginia → borderedBy → Raleigh County, West Virginia ⓘ
Wyoming County, West Virginia → borders → Raleigh County, West Virginia ⓘ
Mercer County → bordersCounty → Raleigh County, West Virginia ⓘ
Summers County, West Virginia → bordersOn → Raleigh County, West Virginia ⓘ