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Mercer County is a county in Southern West Virginia on the southeastern border of the U.S. state of West Virginia. At the 2020 census , the population was 59,664. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Princeton . [ 2 ]
In these counties, the new magisterial districts are used only for the allocation of county officials, and the collection of census data; the former magisterial districts continue to exist in the form of tax districts. [6] A List of the current and former magisterial districts of West Virginia, sorted by county: [1] [7]
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
Princeton is a city in and the county seat of Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. [5] The population was 5,872 at the 2020 census. [3]
Lashmeet is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 10 northwest of the city of Princeton, the county seat of Mercer County. [4] Although Lashmeet is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 24733. [5] As of the 2010 census, its population was ...
Athens is a town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 944 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] It is part of the Bluefield micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578.
Brush Fork (also spelled Brushfork [4]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Brush Fork is 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Bluefield. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,197. [3] The community takes its name from nearby Brush Fork creek which flows into the Bluestone River. [5]
Weyanoke is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Weyanoke is located on County Route 11, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Matoaka. [2] The community was named after the Weyanoke Indians, perhaps via the local Weyanoke Coal Company. [3]