Cities & Towns
Four towns, one mountain county.
Mercer County's character lives in its towns — a creative county seat, a mile-high "air-conditioned city," a village of coal-baron mansions, and a classic college town. Pick one to explore where to eat, what to see, and what to do.
Princeton
The creative county seat — murals, coffee, a 1922 diner and a mountain coaster.
Pop. 5,872 · County seat
Bluefield
"Nature's Air-Conditioned City" — the Almost Heaven swing, free lemonade & coal history.
Pop. 9,639 · Largest city
Bramwell
The town of millionaires — preserved mansions and a famous soda-fountain milkshake.
Pop. 275 · Millionaire Row
Athens
The "Campus Beautiful" college town, at the doorstep of waterfall country.
Pop. 1,214 · Concord University