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Mercer County
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county in West Virginia, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 454 inbound references to Mercer County, and connects out to West Virginia, African Americans and flag of West Virginia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in WV.
Vinony files it under 1837 establishments in Virginia, Bluefield micropolitan area and Former counties of Virginia.
Vinony links it to 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- March 17, 1837
- Seat
- Princeton
- Largest town
- Bluefield
- Total
- 421 sq mi (1,090 km )
- Land
- 419 sq mi (1,090 km )
- Water
- 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 57,503
- Density
- 142/sq mi (55.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- mercercountywv .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 59664
- Area
- 1090
- Official website
- www.mercercounty.wv.gov
- Image
- Mercer County Courthouse West Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 25088
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- Commons category
- Mercer County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1837-03-17
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Mercer County
- per capita income
- 23341
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Its county seat is Princeton. The county was originally established in the State of Virginia by act of its General Assembly on March 17, 1837, using lands taken from Giles and Tazewell counties.
Mercer County is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mercer County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.