Editing Bluefield, West Virginia (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Elizabeth Kee]], First woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia
* [[John S. Knight]], newspaper publisher
* [[Christy Martin (boxer)|Christy Martin]], professional boxer, [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] member
* [[Alex B. Mahood]] Architech
* [[John Forbes Nash, Jr.]], Nobel Prize-winning mathematician.
* [[Zirl A. Palmer]], businessman and civil rights activist
* [[Maceo Pinkard]], composer, lyricist, and music publisher known for ''[[Sweet Georgia Brown]]''
* [[Brian Platnick]], contract bridge champion
* [[Cal Ripken Jr.]], former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played with the [[Bluefield Orioles]]
* [[Hugh Ike Shott]], Newspaper editor, broadcaster, and politician
* [[Charles Kenzie Steele]], Civil Rights activist
* [[Toni Stone]], first of three women to play professional baseball full-time
* [[Anna Stuart]], soap opera actress