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Raleigh County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 78,859.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/54/54081.html )〕 Its county seat is Beckley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was founded in 1850 and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh.〔http://www.wvculture.org/history/counties/raleigh.html〕 Raleigh County is included in the Beckley, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== Raleigh County was formed on January 23, 1850 from portions of Fayette County, then a part of Virginia. Alfred Beckley (1802–1888) said he gave Raleigh County its name in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618), the "enterprising and far-seeing patron of the earliest attempts to colonize our old Mother State of Virginia", according to ''Raleigh County: West Virginia'' by Jim Wood.〔Wood, Jim (1994). ''Raleigh County: West Virginia.'' BJW Printing & Office Supplies, Beckley, W. Va. 91.〕 The county was the scene in 1914 of the Eccles Mine Disaster, the second-worst coal mining disaster in West Virginia history. The death toll was at least 180. More recently, the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster of 2010, which killed 29, also occurred in Raleigh County. Longtime Senator Robert Byrd's home town was Sophia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raleigh County, West Virginia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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