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Mercer

Mercer County is a county in Southern West Virginia on the southeastern border of the U.S. state of . At the 2020 census, the population was 59,664.
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  • Type: County with 62,300 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Mercer County”, “Mercer County, Virginia”, “Mercer County, West Virginia”, and “Mercer County, WV”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Princeton and Lake Shawnee.

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is a city of 6,347 people in . It was established in 1838 and named for , , where General Hugh Mercer — an apothecary from , , for whom Mercer County was named — was killed in a Revolutionary War battle.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, , United States. is located along U.S. Route 19, 3.5 miles northwest of .

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, , United States. is located along U.S. Route 19, 2.5 miles northwest of . has a with ZIP code 24731.

Mercer

Latitude
37.4072° or 37° 24′ 26″ north
Longitude
-81.1107° or 81° 6′ 39″ west
Population
62,300
Elevation
2,392 feet (729 metres)
Open location code
869WCV4Q+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006303
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4814465
Wiki­data ID
Q501823
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Mercer” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Mercer County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ميرسر”
  • Armenian: “Մերսեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Mercer”
  • Azerbaijani: “Merser qraflığı”
  • Basque: “Mercer konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Mercer County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Mercer County”
  • Bishnupriya: “মারর্সের কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “মারর্সের কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Мърсър”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Mercer”
  • Cebuano: “Mercer County”
  • Chechen: “Мерсер”
  • Chinese: “Mercer Kūn”
  • Chinese: “默瑟县”
  • Chinese: “默瑟縣”
  • Chinese: “默瑟郡”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Mercer, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Mercer”
  • Dutch: “Mercer County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Mercer”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Mercer”
  • Finnish: “Mercerin piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Mercer”
  • French: “comté de Mercer”
  • French: “Comté de Mercer”
  • Georgian: “მერსერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Mercer County”
  • Gilaki: “مرسر ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “مرسر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μέρσερ”
  • Hungarian: “Mercer megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Mercer”
  • Italian: “contea di Mercer”
  • Italian: “Contea di Mercer”
  • Japanese: “マーサー郡”
  • Korean: “머서군”
  • Low German: “Mercer County”
  • Mazanderani: “مرسر شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Mercer Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mercer Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mercer County i Vest-Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mercer County”
  • Norwegian: “Mercer County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مرسر، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مرسر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Mercer”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Mercer”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Mercer, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Mercer”
  • Russian: “Мерсер”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Mercer”
  • Serbian: “Mercer County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Мерсер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mercer County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mercer County”
  • Slovenian: “Mercer County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Mercer”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Mercer (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Mercer”
  • Swedish: “Mercer County, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Mercer County”
  • Tatar: “Мерсер (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Мерсер”
  • Turkish: “Mercer County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Mercer County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Mercer County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Mercer County”
  • Turkish: “Mercer ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Mercer ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Mercer ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Mercer ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерсер”
  • Urdu: “مرسر کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “مرسر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Mercer”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Mercer, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Mercer, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Mercer”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Mercer, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Mercer”
  • Welsh: “Mercer County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Mercer County”
  • Western Panjabi: “مرسر کاؤنٹی، ویسٹ ورجینیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “مرسر کاؤنٹی”

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