Municipal · West Virginia

City of Beckley

Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 17,286 at the 2020 census, making it the ninth-most populous city in the state. It is the principal city of the Beckley metropolitan area of Southern West Virginia, home to 115,079 residents in 2020. Beckley was founded on April 4, 1838, and was long known for its ties to the coal mining industry. It is the home of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, as well as an annex of Concord University and the University of Charleston.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 177031
FIPS state: 54
FIPS county: 081
FIPS place: 05332
Census record name: CITY OF BECKLEY
Mailing address: PO BOX 2514, BECKLEY 25802