Blue Jay, West Virginia
Blue Jay is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Blue Jay is southeast of Beckley. Its mines have yielded 1,587,229 tons of coal.
Notable person
- Basil L. Plumley (1920–2012), United States Army soldier portrayed by Sam Elliott in We Were Soldiers
References
- ^ 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.