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Bluefield, West Virginia

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Blacksburg (VA). It is located about 43 miles [69 km] to the east of Bluefield and has a population of 39,573 people.<1>

The next largest community is Beckley. It is located about 35 miles [56 km] to the north of Bluefield and has a population of 17,254 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bluefield (VA)   SW3 mi [4.83 km]5,1431.28% increase
 Christiansburg (VA)   E45 mi [72.4 km]19,47714.93% increase
 Galax (VA)   S44 mi [70.8 km]6,8080.42% decrease
 Hillsville (VA)   SE43 mi [69.2 km]2,6501.65% increase
 Marion (VA)   SW33 mi [53.1 km]6,0015.48% decrease
 Pearisburg (VA)   E27 mi [43.45 km]2,7641.28% increase
 Pulaski (VA)   SE28 mi [45.06 km]8,9835.17% decrease
 Radford (VA)   E36 mi [57.9 km]---
 Richlands (VA)   W34 mi [54.7 km]3,9973.55% decrease
 Tazewell (VA)   SW18 mi [28.97 km]4,2671.45% increase
 Wytheville (VA)   S22 mi [35.41 km]8,2826.13% increase
 Hinton   NE33 mi [53.1 km]2,53212.08% decrease
 Oak Hill   N50 mi [80.5 km]7,2114.98% decrease
 Princeton   NE9 mi [14.48 km]6,2611.35% decrease
 Welch   NW23 mi [37.01 km]2,22017.26% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Glen Lyn (VA)   E21 mi [33.8 km]1637.95% increase
 Little Town (VA)   SW12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Narrows (VA)   E22 mi [35.41 km]2,1481.75% increase
 Pocahontas (VA)   NW7 mi [11.27 km]4194.99% decrease
 Anawalt   NW13 mi [20.92 km]23115.07% decrease
 Athens   NE15 mi [24.14 km]1,1827.26% increase
 Bramwell   NW7 mi [11.27 km]4123.29% decrease
 Gary   W19 mi [30.58 km]74818.43% decrease
 Johnston Town   NE7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Keystone   NW16 mi [25.75 km]36619.21% decrease
 Kimball   NW19 mi [30.58 km]33718% decrease
 Matoaka   N10 mi [16.09 km]3053.79% decrease
 Montcalm   N6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Northfork   NW15 mi [24.14 km]42019.08% decrease
 Oakvale   E14 mi [22.53 km]1401.41% decrease

Mercer County

Bluefield is located in Mercer County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer: Raleigh, Summers, McDowell, Wyoming, Giles (VA), Bland (VA) and Tazewell (VA).

While not sharing a border with Mercer, the following counties are close to Bluefield: Wythe (VA), Pulaski (VA) and Smyth (VA).

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Bluefield
 Bland County (VA)   SEClear Fork (VA)3 miles [4 km]
 Buchanan County (VA)   WBear Wallow (VA)29 miles [46 km]
 Carroll County (VA)   SERaketown (VA)33 miles [53 km]
 Giles County (VA)   EFirst Ford (VA)13 miles [20 km]
 Grayson County (VA)   SComers Rock (VA)35 miles [56 km]
 Montgomery County (VA)   EMcCoy (VA)34 miles [54 km]
 Pulaski County (VA)   EAlum Springs (VA)23 miles [37 km]
 Radford City (VA)   ENew Town (VA)35 miles [56 km]
 Russell County (VA)   SWClifton (VA)37 miles [59 km]
 Smyth County (VA)   SWNebo (VA)25 miles [40 km]



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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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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 Bluefield.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Bluefield 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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