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Raleigh County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- January 23, 1850
- Named after
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- Seat
- Beckley
- Largest city
- Beckley
- Total
- 609 sq mi (1,580 km )
- Land
- 605 sq mi (1,570 km )
- Water
- 4.0 sq mi (10 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 71,775
- Density
- 123/sq mi (47.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- raleighcounty .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Raleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,591. Its county seat is Beckley. The county was founded in 1850 and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh County is included in the Beckley, West Virginia, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raleigh County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.