Summers are warm and humid, usually a few degrees cooler than lower-elevation places within the state, with an average of only 1.3 days of a maximum at or above 90 ☏ (32 ☌) annually. Climate ĭue to its elevation, the climate of Beckley is humid subtropical ( Köppen Cfa) bordering on both an oceanic (Köppen Cfb) and humid continental (Köppen Dfa/Dfb), and the city straddles the border between USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 6B and 7A. Neighboring watersheds include Glade Creek to the east, headwaters of the Coal River to the west, and headwaters of the Guyandotte River to the southwest. The northwestern corner of the city, around Tamarack, includes the headwaters of Paint Creek, another New River tributary. Cranberry Creek and its southern tributary Little Whitestick Creek flow through the northern part of the city. The city is roughly bordered by Piney Creek to the east, and to the south by its tributary Whitestick Creek. Water īeckley is mostly contained in the Piney Creek watershed, which flows into the New River National Park and Reserve. Neighboring ridgelines include Flat Top Mountain to the south, Scott Ridge of Shady Spring Mountain to the southeast, Batoff Mountain to the northeast, and Lilly Mountain to the west. The city sits atop the Allegheny Plateau, with the more steeply eroded Logan Plateau bordering to the west and the highland Allegheny Mountains lying to the east. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.50 square miles (24.60 km 2), of which 9.49 square miles (24.58 km 2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) is water. Recognizing each other, the two men got out and chatted briefly. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey stopped at the same streetcorner in Beckley. The city is sometimes called the "Smokeless Coal Capital", "The City of Champions" and the "Gateway To Southern West Virginia." ĭuring the presidential primaries of 1960, the vehicles of rivals John F. In 1850 the act of the Virginia legislature creating Raleigh County named Beckley the county seat. The town was originally located in Fayette County, Virginia.
It was founded by his son, Alfred Beckley (US Army lieutenant and brigadier general of Virginia militia), who was from the District of Columbia.Īlthough founded in 1838, Beckley existed only on paper at that time, " Alfred Beckley said he "was frequently jeered and laughed at for his Paper Town." Early in its history, the town was known as Beckley, Raleigh Court House, and, occasionally, Beckleyville. īeckley was named in honor of John James Beckley, who was the first Clerk of the House of Representatives and the first Librarian of Congress. Waves of conflict and displacement connected to European settler-colonial conquest also resulted in varied communities finding home and refuge in southern West Virginia, becoming identified as Mingo - remote affiliates of the Iroquois Confederacy. Cherokee and Shawnee and Yuchi peoples also claim the area as included in their traditional lands. The Moneton's Catawba speaking neighbors to the south, the Tutelo (since absorbed into the Seneca-Cayuga Nation ) may have absorbed surviving Moneton communities, and claim the area as ancestral lands.
Early encounters describe the land as being an ancestral home of the Catawba-speaking Moneton people, who referred to the surrounding area as Okahok Amai, and were allies of the Monacan people.
The area surrounding Beckley was long home to many indigenous peoples.
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