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1st. Website. raleighcounty .org. Raleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,591. [ 1] Its county seat is Beckley. [ 2] The county was founded in 1850 and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh. [ 3] Raleigh County is included in the Beckley, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area .
The Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center (originally the Raleigh County Armory) is a 2,856-seat indoor arena and convention center located in Beckley, West Virginia. It is used for basketball and is home to the West Virginia University Institute of Technology [1] and Woodrow Wilson High School [2] basketball teams. It was built in 1961.
Population. 1,660 (430 in prison camp) Opened. 1974. Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Correctional Institution, Beckley (FCI Beckley) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Jul. 15—The Raleigh County Emergency Services Authority will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, July 17, at the Raleigh County Emergency Operating Center, 162 Industrial Park Road, Beaver. Social distancing ...
For most of the state's history, there were three hundred and fifty magisterial districts in West Virginia, an average of six districts per county. Greenbrier, Harrison, Mason, Ohio, and Wood Counties each contained ten districts, the maximum number provided for by state law. Brooke, Grant, and Hancock were the only counties with the minimum ...
This list of museums in West Virginia encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Raleigh County, WV. • coordinates. 37°49′47″N 81°00′46″W. / 37.82972°N 81.01278°W / 37.82972; -81.01278. • elevation. 1,207 ft (368 m) Glade Creek is a major tributary of the New River in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Glade Creek lies within the largest side valley off New River in the New River Gorge National River area.
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