Blue Jay, West Virginia

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Blue Jay, West Virginia
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Blue Jay, West Virginia
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Blue Jay, West Virginia
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 ID1553930 [1]

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]

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References

  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.