U.S. Route 19 in West Virginia
U.S. RouteĀ 19 (USĀ 19) runs south to north up through central West Virginia. The route runs from the Virginia state line at Bluefield, north to the Pennsylvania state line south of Mount Morris, Pennsylvania.
View south along US 19 at I-79 in Lewis County
Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 17,286 at the 2020 census, making it the ninth-largest city in the state. It is the principal city of the Beckley metropolitan area of Southern West Virginia, home to 115,079 residents in 2020. Beckley was founded on April 4, 1838, and was long known for its ties to the coal mining industry. It is the home of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, as well as an annex of Concord University and the University of Charleston.
Main Street in downtown Beckley in 2023
Raleigh County Courthouse, part of the Beckley Courthouse Square Historic District
Tamarack Marketplace
Erma Byrd Higher Education Center