Those who lived in or near the southern West Virginia and/or Southwest Virginia coalfields during the peak of the coal business in the 50s and 60s know that state and local economies thrived because of the tens of thousands of people employed by mining companies and the dozens of companies that supported the industry.
Bluefield’s Norfolk and Western Railway yard was always filled with coal cars, many of them full of the world’s most widely used fossil fuel, that were bound for Norfolk, Va.’s port, or ready to be unloaded into trucks for delivery. The rest were empty, heading back into the coalfields to be refilled and brought back for distribution.
They remember the bustling downtown that was the financial, shopping and recreational center of the region’s coalfields, and Bluefield’s population of well over 20,000 residents during the time of peak coal. These are valued memories of the good times.
Today’s population is half that size, and the rail yard is often empty. To those who have seen first-hand the decline of the industry and its effects on local communities, the industry’s decline is a very real and painful thing.
- 21.4% - Mercer County
- 19.4% - West Virginia
- 15.6% - U.S.
Source: Wikipedia
Located 90 miles SSE of Charleston
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
- 19.8% - Mercer County
- 19.9% - West Virginia
- 30.9% - U.S.
Source: Wikipedia
3rd-party candidates received 14.2% of vote in 1992, 11.8% of vote in 1996, 4.7% in 2016
(George Wallace received 12.9% of the vote in 1968)
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