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Mercer County is a county in Southern West Virginia on the southeastern border of the U.S. state of West Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 59,664. [1] Its county seat is Princeton. [2] The county was originally established in the State of Virginia by act of its General Assembly on March 17, 1837, [3] [4] using lands taken from ...
Mercer County, Virginia has existed twice in the U.S. state of Virginia's history. Formed in 1785, and 1837, respectively, both counties were named for Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, who was killed at the Battle of Princeton in 1777, and each was separated from Virginia due to the creation of a new state, partitioned in accordance with Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United ...
The Lake Shawnee Amusement Park is a defunct amusement park in Princeton, West Virginia, United States, located along Lake Shawnee. Opened in 1926, the park operated for 62 years before closing in 1988. [1] [2] It received public attention for urban legends regarding the park being haunted due to accidental deaths supposedly caused by "cursed ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has vacated part of a finding that cleared five West Virginia police officers on qualified immunity grounds in an excessive force lawsuit, which ...
Princeton is a city in and the county seat of Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 5,872 at the 2020 census . [3] It is part of the Bluefield micropolitan area .
WSTG Online. WSTG (95.9 FM. "Star FM") is a hot adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Princeton, West Virginia, serving Mercer County in West Virginia and Bland County in Virginia. WSTG is owned and operated by Princeton Broadcasting, Inc. Up until 1999 it operated as 95.9 WAEY and was a country station.
GNIS feature ID. 2390566 [2] Website. Official website. Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 9,658 at the 2020 census. [3] It is the principal city of the Bluefield micropolitan area extending into Virginia, which had a population of 106,363 in 2020.
1961. Headquarters. 213 South Walker Street, Princeton, WV. Circulation. 1,390 (as of 2016) [1] Website. ptonline .net. The Princeton Times is a newspaper serving Princeton, West Virginia, and surrounding Mercer County. [2] Published weekly on Fridays, [3] it has a circulation of 1,390 and is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings.