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Notable locations in Bluefield: Richwood Golf Club (A), Fincastle Country Club (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Twin City Shopping Center (1), Westgate Shopping Center (2), College Plaza Shopping Center (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Bluefield include: Church of God (A), Gospel Hall (B), Saint Marys Episcopal Church (C), Graham Christian Church (D), Graham Presbyterian Church (E), Bethel United Methodist Church (F), Tabernacle Baptist Church (G), Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church (H), Holiness Gospel Tabernacle (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Maple Hill Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Beaverpond Creek (A), Wrights Valley Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Bluefield include: Bluefield City Park (1), Bowen Field (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Bluefield Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Graham Historical Society (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; Sanders Lane), Historic Pocahontas Inc (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 124 East Water St).
Hotels: Comfort Inn (Us 19-460 W.), Comfort Inn Bluefield (38769 Governor G C Peery Highway).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Bluefield and their reported violations in the past:
BLUEFIELD, TOWN OF (Population served: 6138, Surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-1999 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JAN-10-2001), St Public Notif received (JAN-31-2001)
BARKAY ESTATES (Population served: 131, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-01-1994 and FEB-06-2002, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-17-1994), St Compliance achieved (FEB-06-2002)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  7.6% | | Whole state: |  9.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 3.2% | | Whole state: | 4.3% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Bluefield, VA
People in group quarters in Bluefield
- 200 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 94 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other group homes
Bluefield compared to Virginia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- House age above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Bluefield (2009 data):
- The National Bank of Blacksburg: Bluefield Branch at 511 Virginia Avenue, branch established on 1964-07-01; Westgate Branch at 2070 Leatherwood Lane, branch established on 1964-07-20. Info updated 2006-06-01: Bank assets: $931.4 mil, Deposits: $818.0 mil, headquarters in Blacksburg, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 26 total offices, Holding Company: National Bankshares, Inc.
- First Community Bank, National Association: at 29 College Drive, branch established on 1920-01-07; Ridgeview Plaza Branch at 101 Sanders Lane, branch established on 2002-11-07. Info updated 2008-12-04: Bank assets: $2,103.4 mil, Deposits: $1,505.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 61 total offices, Holding Company: First Community Bancshares, Inc.
- New Peoples Bank, Inc.: Bluefield Office Branch at 514 Commerce Drive, branch established on 2005-05-19. Info updated 2007-08-21: Bank assets: $807.2 mil, Deposits: $706.6 mil, headquarters in Honaker, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 31 total offices, Holding Company: New Peoples Bankshares, Inc.
- Woodforest National Bank: Bluefield Wal-Mart Branch at 4001 College Ave, branch established on 2006-04-26. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,928.3 mil, Deposits: $2,568.2 mil, headquarters in Houston, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 499 total offices, Holding Company: Woodforest Financial Group, Inc.
- First Century Bank, National Association: Virginia Avenue Branch at 108 Spruce Street, branch established on 1987-06-30. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $425.3 mil, Deposits: $358.6 mil, headquarters in Bluefield, WV, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices, Holding Company: First Century Bankshares, Inc.
- First Sentinel Bank: Bluefield Branch at 801 S. College Ave., Ste. 5, branch established on 2007-04-30. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $148.8 mil, Deposits: $136.8 mil, headquarters in Richlands, VA, positive income, Consumer Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: First Region Bancshares, Inc.
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Bluefield Branch at 502 Commerce Drive, branch established on 1992-09-21. Info updated 2008-12-12: Bank assets: $147,483.6 mil, Deposits: $98,507.9 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1514 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Tazewell County Virginia:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (52%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
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Religion statistics for Bluefield
| Name | United Methodist Church | Southern Baptist Convention | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Assemblies of God | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
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| Adherents | 28.1% | 22.1% | 9.3% | 8.6% | 6.8% |
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| Congregations | 26.3% | 8.8% | 8.0% | 9.5% | 7.3% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Catholic Church | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 5.7% | 5.4% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 9.2% |
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| Congregations | 6.6% | 5.1% | 3.6% | 2.2% | 22.6% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
6 | $19,018 | $38,036 | 1 | $1,184 |
| Other Government Administration |
5 | $15,294 | $36,706 | 14 | $3,587 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
15 | $41,566 | $33,253 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $6,392 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 18 | $7,021 |
| Streets and Highways |
8 | $17,677 | $26,516 | 3 | $2,577 |
| Solid Waste Management |
4 | $6,082 | $18,246 | 3 | $2,533 |
| Parks and Recreation |
3 | $6,153 | $24,612 | 3 | $948 |
| Water Supply |
10 | $25,348 | $30,418 | 5 | $4,855 |
| Transit |
3 | $5,648 | $22,592 | 2 | $2,174 |
| Other and Unallocable |
7 | $17,916 | $30,713 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
61 | $154,702 | $30,433 | 54 | $31,271 |
Bluefield government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $324,000
Solid Waste Management: $278,000
All Other: $47,000
Parks & Recreation: $43,000
- Construction - General: $8,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $812,000
Police Protection: $802,000
Water Utilities: $554,000
Central Staff Services: $357,000
General - Other: $323,000
Housing & Community Development: $260,000
Sewerage: $237,000
Financial Administration: $196,000
Parks & Recreation: $186,000
Solid Waste Management: $145,000
Fire Protection: $129,000
General Public Buildings: $54,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $32,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $30,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $111,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $71,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,388,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $903,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $1,313,000
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $859,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $75,000
Other, NEC: $44,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $114,000
Rents: $37,000
Interest Earnings: $25,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $106,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,509,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $758,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $467,000
All Other: $219,000
General Support: $125,000
- Tax - Property: $920,000
NEC: $388,000
Total General Sales: $238,000
Public Utilities: $144,000
Tobacco Sales: $58,000
Motor Vehicle License: $44,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,295,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $68,000
5.21% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,777 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.21% | | Virginia average: | 11.06% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,552 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.34% | | Virginia average: | 10.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Bluefield:
- WBDY (1190 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WHIS (1440 AM; 5 kW; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WKEZ (1240 AM; 1 kW; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WAMN (1050 AM; 1 kW; GREEN VALLEY, WV; Owner: WAMN, INC.)
- WTZE (1470 AM; daytime; 5 kW; TAZEWELL, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WELC (1150 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WELCH, WV; Owner: POCAHONTAS BROADCASTING CO.)
- WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WIWS (1070 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WYRV (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CEDAR BLUFF, VA; Owner: FAITH CHRISTIAN MUSIC BROADCASTING MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WJLS (560 AM; 5 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
- WNRV (990 AM; 5 kW; NARROWS-PEARISBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WWNR (620 AM; 5 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: DYNASTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Bluefield:
- WHAJ (104.5 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WHKX (106.3 FM; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WKOY-FM (100.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WPIB (91.1 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WSTG (95.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: PRINCETON BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WMEV-FM (93.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WHQX (107.7 FM; CEDAR BLUFF, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WOLD-FM (102.5 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: EMERALD SOUND, INC.)
- WJLS-FM (99.5 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
- WVTR (91.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
- KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
- WPIN-FM (91.5 FM; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WPSK-FM (107.1 FM; PULASKI, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
- WMTD-FM (102.3 FM; HINTON, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WGTH-FM (105.5 FM; RICHLANDS, VA; Owner: HIGH KNOB BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WBRF (98.1 FM; GALAX, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE RADIO, INC.)
- WXLK (92.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WCIR-FM (103.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WSLQ (99.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WSLC-FM (94.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Bluefield:
- WLFB (Channel 40; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: LIVING FAITH MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WVVA (Channel 6; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: WVVA TELEVISON, INC.)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Bluefield, Virginia:
- Fatal accident count: 6
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 8
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
- Fatalities: 6
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 14
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Virginia average:
- Fatal accident count: 179
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 266
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 63
- Fatalities: 195
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 416
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 27
Bluefield fatal accident list:
May 14, 1993 05:58 AM, Rt460, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Sep 26, 1992 09:35 AM, Rt19bypass, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
Jul 17, 1989 07:13 AM, Rt460, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Nov 10, 1989 11:30 AM, Rt460, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Jul 26, 1988 07:25 AM, Rt19/460w, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Apr 22, 1983 04:51 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Bluefield)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Bluefield, VA)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 7 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 6 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 77 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Bluefield)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 4- Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-140 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 1197X , Serial Number: 287525306, Year manufactured: 1975, Airworthiness Date: 05/23/1975
Registrant (Individual): Amir I Eshel, 57 Sedgewood Townhouses, Bluefield, VA 24605 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-28R-200 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 5107S , Serial Number: 28R-7135108, Year manufactured: 1971, Airworthiness Date: 04/16/1971
Registrant (Individual): James T Jr Welch, 861 Slade Rd, Bluefield, VA 24605 - Aircraft: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1 (Rotorcraft, Category: Land, Seats: 7, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: Turbo-shaft
N-Number: 97RH , Serial Number: 45294, Airworthiness Date: 09/12/1979
Registrant (Corporation): Corte Construction Co Inc, Po Box 1089, Bluefield, VA 24605 - Aircraft: HASH LARRY RANDALL RVLTN MINI-500 (Rotorcraft, Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 212RH , Serial Number: 0255, Year manufactured: 1997, Airworthiness Date: 11/20/1997
Registrant (Co-Owned): Larry R Hash, 212 Long Street, Bluefield, VA 24605, Other Owners: Betty A Hash
Deregistered: Cancel Date: 11/14/2008
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 44
- Hazardous Condition: 40
- Service Call: 1
- Good Intent Call: 8
Incident types - Bluefield
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