Wise County, Virginia, United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wise_County,_Virginia,_United_States
GPTKB entity
Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:county
gptkbp:area 405 square miles
gptkbp:areaCode 276
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Lee_County
gptkb:Russell_County
gptkb:Scott_County
gptkb:Dickenson_County
gptkb:Harlan_County,_Kentucky
gptkb:Letcher_County,_Kentucky
gptkbp:congressionalDistrict 9th
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Big_Stone_Gap
gptkb:Dorchester
gptkb:Osaka
gptkb:St._Paul
gptkb:Tacoma
gptkb:Josephine
gptkb:Needmore
gptkb:Exeter
gptkb:Pound
gptkb:Roda
gptkb:Wentz
gptkb:Appalachia
gptkb:Glamorgan
gptkb:Imboden
gptkb:Wise
gptkb:Parsons
gptkb:Coeburn
gptkb:East_Stone_Gap
gptkb:Keokee
Blackwood
Norton (independent city, not part of county government)
Stonega
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:countySeat gptkb:Wise
gptkbp:FIPS_code 51-840
gptkbp:founded 1856
gptkbp:GNIS_feature_ID 1496327
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:University_of_Virginia's_College_at_Wise
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wise County, Virginia, United States
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Big_Stone_Gap
gptkbp:mainIndustry coal mining
education
healthcare
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Henry_A._Wise
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Appalachian_region
gptkbp:population 36,130
gptkbp:populationAsOf 2020
gptkbp:region gptkb:Southwest_Virginia
gptkbp:state gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Eastern_Time_Zone
gptkbp:website https://www.wisecounty.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Big_Stone_Gap,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkb:Wise_Power_Plant
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8