Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 9,658 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Bluefield micropolitan area extending into Virginia, which had a population of 106,363 in 2020.
Bluefield Downtown Commercial Historic District
High school in Bluefield, 1910
The Upper Oakhurst Historic District was primarily developed during the 1920s
The mountainous terrain surrounding Bluefield
Mercer County, West Virginia
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. Its county seat is Princeton. The county was originally established in the State of Virginia by act of its General Assembly on March 17, 1837, using lands taken from Giles and Tazewell counties.
The Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton in 2007