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	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Mount Airy (NC)	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	9,501	11.99% increase
	Bluefield	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	5,143	1.28% increase
	Christiansburg	E	33 mi [53.1 km]	19,477	14.93% increase
	Galax	S	32 mi [51.5 km]	6,808	0.42% decrease
	Marion	SW	33 mi [53.1 km]	6,001	5.48% decrease
	Pearisburg	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	2,764	1.28% increase
	Pulaski	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	8,983	5.17% decrease
	Radford	E	24 mi [38.62 km]	---
	Richlands	W	43 mi [69.2 km]	3,997	3.55% decrease
	Tazewell	W	27 mi [43.45 km]	4,267	1.45% increase
	Wytheville	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	8,282	6.13% increase
	Bluefield (WV)	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	11,093	3.13% decrease
	Hinton (WV)	N	38 mi [61.2 km]	2,532	12.08% decrease
	Princeton (WV)	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	6,261	1.35% decrease
	Welch (WV)	NW	37 mi [59.5 km]	2,220	17.26% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bluff City	NE	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Dublin	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	2,190	4.28% decrease
	Fort Chiswell	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Glen Lyn	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	163	7.95% increase
	Hilton Village	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Little Town	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	---
	Mack Creek Village	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Max Meadows	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Narrows	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	2,148	1.75% increase
	Pocahontas	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	419	4.99% decrease
	Rich Creek	NE	20 mi [32.19 km]	681	2.41% increase
	Athens (WV)	N	20 mi [32.19 km]	1,182	7.26% increase
	Johnston Town (WV)	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Montcalm (WV)	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Oakvale (WV)	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	140	1.41% 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:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Point Pleasant
	Alleghany County (NC)	S	Edmonds (NC)	39 miles [62 km]
	Carroll County	S	Bethany	20 miles [32 km]
	Craig County	NE	Captain	36 miles [57 km]
	Floyd County	SE	Indian Valley	29 miles [46 km]
	Galax City	S	Galax	32 miles [51 km]
	Giles County	N	Boxley	10 miles [16 km]
	Grayson County	S	Fallville	26 miles [41 km]
	Montgomery County	E	McCoy	23 miles [37 km]
	Pulaski County	E	Alum Springs	11 miles [17 km]
	Radford City	E	New Town	23 miles [37 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Virginia<3>

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