Bluefield, West Virginia
| Bluefield | |||
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| Nickname : Nature's Air Conditioned City | |||
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| Location in West Virginia | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | West Virginia | ||
| County : | Mercer County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 16 ′ N , 81 ° 13 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
11,068 (status: 2009) 107,578 (status: 2009) |
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| Population density : | 489.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 22.6 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 796 m | ||
| Postal code : | 24701 | ||
| Area code : | +1 304 | ||
| FIPS : | 54-08524 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1553939 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofbluefield.com | ||
| Mayor : | Linda Whalen | ||
Bluefield is a city in West Virginia .
Population development
| year | Residents | change |
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| 1940 | 25,000 | |
| 1950 | 21,506 | -14.0% |
| 1960 | 19,256 | -10.5% |
| 1970 | 15,921 | -17.3% |
| 1980 | 16,060 | + 0.9% |
| 1990 | 12,756 | -20.6% |
| 2000 | 11,451 | -10.2% |
sons and daughters of the town
- Charlie Barnett (1954–1996), comedian and actor
- Herbert Coleman (1907–2001), film producer and director
- Argyle Goolsby (* 1979), horror punk musician
- James Kee (1917–1989), politician
- Luke Jordan (1892–1952), blues guitarist and singer
- John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928–2015), mathematician and Nobel Prize in Economics
- Maceo Pinkard (1897–1962), composer, songwriter and music publisher
- Norman I. Platnick (1951-2020), arachnologist