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Beckley, West Virginia (U.S.)

Raleigh County

image by David Zigler, 21 November 2022
based on photo

Flag
Seal
First flag and seal
Police Department flag

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Flag

The flag of Beckley is a white field with a brown border, in the middle is the seal of Beckley
Both the new flag and seal were adopted in June 2016 after an insignia overall by the city.
Google maps streetview of the current flag: https://www.google.com/maps
David Zigler, 21 November 2022

Seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 16 February 2020

Source: https://beckley.org/
Paul Bassinson, 16 February 2020

First flag and seal

image by David Zigler, 21 November 2022

The first flag of Beckley is a white field with a blue border. In the middle is the first seal of Beckley.
Facebook post showing the former flag: https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net (archived)

The first seal of Beckley is a series of double-rings with the the city name which has a clock angle of 9:30 to 2:30 clockwise. At the bottom of the disk is the state name italicized with a clock angles of 8:00 to 4:00 counterclockwise. In between the two lines of text is the founding year of 1838. In the center, starting from the bottom is a section of downtown Beckley, a plow, a vintage mine crane, Factories, and a forest. The scene is overlooked by the head of Arthur Beckley. The entire seal is in blue and white colors.
City website archive with the original seal: https://web.archive.org/web/20160531003915/http://www.beckley.org/

Nothing is known about the adoption of the seal or flag, however they were both relinquished in June 2016 after looking at city website archives.
David Zigler, 21 November 2022

Police Department flag

image by David Zigler, 21 November 2022

The flag of the Beckley Police department is a vertical tribar of black-white-black. In the center is the seal of the police department, which contains uneven pointed badge of light grey.
Facebook post showing police dept flag: https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net
David Zigler, 21 November 2022