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Point Pleasant, Virginia

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Blacksburg. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the east of Point Pleasant and has a population of 39,573 people.<1>

The next largest community is Beckley (WV). It is located about 45 miles [72 km] to the north of Point Pleasant and has a population of 17,254 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Mount Airy (NC)   SE48 mi [77.2 km]9,50111.99% increase
 Bluefield   NW16 mi [25.75 km]5,1431.28% increase
 Christiansburg   E33 mi [53.1 km]19,47714.93% increase
 Galax   S32 mi [51.5 km]6,8080.42% decrease
 Marion   SW33 mi [53.1 km]6,0015.48% decrease
 Pearisburg   NE21 mi [33.8 km]2,7641.28% increase
 Pulaski   E14 mi [22.53 km]8,9835.17% decrease
 Radford   E24 mi [38.62 km]---
 Richlands   W43 mi [69.2 km]3,9973.55% decrease
 Tazewell   W27 mi [43.45 km]4,2671.45% increase
 Wytheville   S12 mi [19.31 km]8,2826.13% increase
 Bluefield (WV)   NW14 mi [22.53 km]11,0933.13% decrease
 Hinton (WV)   N38 mi [61.2 km]2,53212.08% decrease
 Princeton (WV)   N17 mi [27.36 km]6,2611.35% decrease
 Welch (WV)   NW37 mi [59.5 km]2,22017.26% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bluff City   NE20 mi [32.19 km]---
 Dublin   E18 mi [28.97 km]2,1904.28% decrease
 Fort Chiswell   S12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Glen Lyn   NE19 mi [30.58 km]1637.95% increase
 Hilton Village   E12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Little Town   W18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Mack Creek Village   SE20 mi [32.19 km]---
 Max Meadows   S11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Narrows   NE18 mi [28.97 km]2,1481.75% increase
 Pocahontas   NW21 mi [33.8 km]4194.99% decrease
 Rich Creek   NE20 mi [32.19 km]6812.41% increase
 Athens (WV)   N20 mi [32.19 km]1,1827.26% increase
 Johnston Town (WV)   NW17 mi [27.36 km]---
 Montcalm (WV)   NW20 mi [32.19 km]---
 Oakvale (WV)   N14 mi [22.53 km]1401.41% decrease

Bland County

Point Pleasant is located in Bland County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bland: Mercer (WV), Giles, Pulaski, Wythe, Smyth and Tazewell.

While not sharing a border with Bland, the following counties are close to Point Pleasant: Carroll, Monroe (WV) and Montgomery.

Below are counties that are near Point Pleasant (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Point Pleasant:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Point Pleasant
 Alleghany County (NC)   SEdmonds (NC)39 miles [62 km]
 Carroll County   SBethany20 miles [32 km]
 Craig County   NECaptain36 miles [57 km]
 Floyd County   SEIndian Valley29 miles [46 km]
 Galax City   SGalax32 miles [51 km]
 Giles County   NBoxley10 miles [16 km]
 Grayson County   SFallville26 miles [41 km]
 Montgomery County   EMcCoy23 miles [37 km]
 Pulaski County   EAlum Springs11 miles [17 km]
 Radford City   ENew Town23 miles [37 km]



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Point Pleasant.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Point Pleasant and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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