Beckley
| Beckley | |||
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 Downtown Beckley |
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| Location in West Virginia | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | April 4, 1838 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | West Virginia | ||
| County : | Raleigh County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 46 ′ N , 81 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
16,972 (as of 2016) 120,924 (as of 2016) |
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| Population density : | 713.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 23.8 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 738 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 25801, 25802, 25926 | ||
| Area code : | +1 304 | ||
| FIPS : | 54-05332 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1553831 | ||
| Website : | www.beckley.org | ||
| Mayor : | Emmett S. Pugh, III | ||
Beckley is a US city and seat of the county seat in Raleigh County in the US state of West Virginia .
The town was named by General Alfred Beckley , the town's founder, after his father, John J. Beckley , a first clerk of the House of Representatives.
education
Mountain State University and Concord University are located in Beckley . The New River Community and Technical College is also located here.
population
In the census in the year 2000 Beckley had 17,254 inhabitants, in 2016 the population was 16,972.
sons and daughters of the town
- Thomas R. Carper (* 1947), US Senator
- Clarence W. Meadows (1904–1961), politician, 22nd Governor of West Virginia
- Nick Rahall (* 1949), politician and member of the US House of Representatives
- Chris Sarandon (born 1942), actor
- Hulett C. Smith (1918–2012), politician, 27th Governor of West Virginia