Blue Jay, West Virginia

Blue Jay, West Virginia
Blue Jay, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
	Blue Jay, West Virginia Blue Jay, West Virginia
	Coordinates: 37°44′13″N81°08′16″W / 37.73694°N 81.13778°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Raleigh
Elevation	2,303 ft (702 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	25816
Area codes	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1553930

Last updated August 01, 2025

Blue Jay is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.^[1] Blue Jay is southeast of Beckley. Its mines have yielded 1,587,229 tons of coal.^[2]

Notable person

Basil L. Plumley (1920–2012), United States Army soldier portrayed by Sam Elliott in We Were Soldiers ^[3]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Jay
↑ "Historical West Virginia Coal Production from 1883". Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
↑ Moore, Harold, and Joseph Galloway. We Are Soldiers Still. 1. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2008. 75. Print.

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[GNIS-1] 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Jay

[2] "Historical West Virginia Coal Production from 1883". Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.

[3] Moore, Harold, and Joseph Galloway. We Are Soldiers Still. 1. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2008. 75. Print.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Beckley
City	Beckley	Raleigh County map
Towns	Lester Mabscott Sophia
CDPs	Beaver Bolt Bradley Coal City Colcord Crab Orchard Daniels Dorothy Eccles Ghent Glen White Helen MacArthur Piney View Prosperity Raleigh Shady Spring Sprague Stanaford
Other communities	Abney Abraham Affinity Ameagle Amigo Arnett Artie Battleship Baylor Besoco Birchton Blue Jay Blue Jay 6 Bragg Circle View Cirtsville Clear Creek Clifftop Coalgate Cool Ridge Cranberry Crow Dameron Dillon Dry Creek Dry Hill Dugout East Beckley Eastgulf Edwight Egeria‡ Emerson Eunice Epperly‡ Fairdale Fireco Fitzpatrick Friendly View Glade Springs Glen Daniel Glen Morgan Grandview Hamlet Harper Hollywood Hoohoo Hotchkiss Jap Jarrolds Valley Jenny Gap Johnstown Jonben Josephine Lanark Leevale Lego Lillybrook Lynwinn Madeline Maple Meadow Maple Fork Marfork Masseyville Matville Maynor McAlpin McCreery Mead Metalton Midway Montcoal Mountview‡ Naoma Norvelle Odd Oswald Packsville Peachtree Pear Pemberton Pettry Bottom Pettus Pine Hills Pineknob Pluto Posey Price Hill‡ Princewick Redbird Rhodell Riley Rock Creek Roxie Royal Saxon Shiloh Sink Skelton Slab Fork Soak Creek Stickney Stonewall Stotesbury Stover Sullivan Sundial Surveyor Sweeneyburg Table Rock Take In Hollow Tams Terry Tilden Tolleys Trap Hill Ury Warden Whitby White Oak Wickham Winding Gulf Woodpeck Wright Zada
Ghost towns	Big Stick Cedar Hot Coal Killarney McVey Pickshin Pinepoca Sylvia Tamroy Willibet Woodbay
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Blue Jay, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°44′13″N81°08′16″W / 37.73694°N 81.13778°W / 37.73694; -81.13778
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Raleigh
Elevation	2,303 ft (702 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	25816
Area codes	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1553930^[1]