List of municipalities in West Virginia
Appearance
(Redirected from List of cities in West Virginia)
West Virginia is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 232 municipalities.
Cities
[edit]- Largest municipalities in West Virginia by population
-
Charleston, the capital of West Virginia and its most populous city
List of municipalities
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/West_Virginia_in_United_States.svg/250px-West_Virginia_in_United_States.svg.png)
2022 Rank | City | Type | 2022 Estimate[1] | 2020 Census | Change | County |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Charleston †† | City | 47,129 | 48,864 | −3.55% | Kanawha |
2 | Huntington † | City | 45,746 | 46,842 | −2.34% | Cabell Wayne |
3 | Morgantown † | City | 30,277 | 30,347 | −0.23% | Monongalia |
4 | Parkersburg † | City | 29,193 | 29,738 | −1.83% | Wood |
5 | Wheeling † | City | 26,391 | 27,052 | −2.44% | Ohio Marshall |
6 | Martinsburg † | City | 18,953 | 18,777 | +0.94% | Berkeley |
7 | Weirton | City | 18,481 | 19,163 | −3.56% | Hancock Brooke |
8 | Fairmont † | City | 18,242 | 18,416 | −0.94% | Marion |
9 | Beckley † | City | 16,749 | 17,286 | −3.11% | Raleigh |
10 | Clarksburg † | City | 15,647 | 16,061 | −2.58% | Harrison |
11 | South Charleston | City | 13,175 | 13,647 | −3.46% | Kanawha |
12 | Vienna | City | 10,506 | 10,652 | −1.37% | Wood |
13 | St. Albans | City | 10,456 | 10,861 | −3.73% | Kanawha |
14 | Bluefield | City | 9,408 | 9,658 | −2.59% | Mercer |
15 | Bridgeport | City | 9,310 | 9,336 | −0.28% | Harrison |
16 | Oak Hill | City | 7,947 | 8,179 | −2.84% | Fayette |
17 | Moundsville † | City | 7,829 | 8,093 | −3.26% | Marshall |
18 | Dunbar | City | 7,203 | 7,480 | −3.70% | Kanawha |
19 | Charles Town † | City | 7,126 | 6,534 | +9.06% | Jefferson |
20 | Hurricane | City | 6,846 | 6,961 | −1.65% | Putnam |
21 | Elkins † | City | 6,800 | 6,934 | −1.93% | Randolph |
22 | Nitro | City | 6,458 | 6,624 | −2.51% | Kanawha Putnam |
23 | Princeton † | City | 5,724 | 5,872 | −2.52% | Mercer |
24 | Ranson | Corporation | 5,666 | 5,433 | +4.29% | Jefferson |
25 | New Martinsville † | City | 5,143 | 5,204 | −1.17% | Wetzel |
26 | Buckhannon † | City | 5,106 | 5,186 | −1.54% | Upshur |
27 | Keyser † | City | 4,849 | 4,864 | −0.31% | Mineral |
28 | Grafton † | City | 4,588 | 4,722 | −2.84% | Taylor |
29 | Barboursville | Village | 4,382 | 4,456 | −1.66% | Cabell |
30 | Westover | City | 4,017 | 3,955 | +1.57% | Monongalia |
31 | Point Pleasant † | City | 3,958 | 4,070 | −2.75% | Mason |
32 | Weston † | City | 3,849 | 3,952 | −2.61% | Lewis |
33 | Ravenswood | City | 3,836 | 3,865 | −0.75% | Jackson |
34 | Lewisburg † | City | 3,832 | 3,922 | −2.29% | Greenbrier |
35 | Pleasant Valley | City | 3,484 | 3,498 | −0.40% | Marion |
36 | Welch † | City | 3,446 | 3,590 | −4.01% | McDowell |
37 | Summersville † | City | 3,369 | 3,431 | −1.81% | Nicholas |
38 | Ripley † | City | 3,063 | 3,079 | −0.52% | Jackson |
39 | Kingwood † | City | 2,968 | 2,980 | −0.40% | Preston |
40 | Williamstown | City | 2,965 | 2,997 | −1.07% | Wood |
41 | Kenova | City | 2,930 | 3,033 | −3.40% | Wayne |
42 | Williamson † | City | 2,916 | 3,083 | −5.42% | Mingo |
43 | Philippi † | City | 2,915 | 2,929 | −0.48% | Barbour |
44 | Fayetteville † | Town | 2,838 | 2,887 | −1.70% | Fayette |
45 | Madison † | City | 2,787 | 2,913 | −4.33% | Boone |
46 | Milton | Town | 2,767 | 2,811 | −1.57% | Cabell |
47 | Follansbee | City | 2,739 | 2,848 | −3.83% | Brooke |
48 | Bethlehem | Village | 2,557 | 2,605 | −1.84% | Ohio |
49 | Moorefield † | Town | 2,495 | 2,524 | −1.15% | Hardy |
50 | Paden City | City | 2,451 | 2,541 | −3.54% | Wetzel Tyler |
51 | Winfield † | Town | 2,377 | 2,393 | −0.67% | Putnam |
52 | Wellsburg † | City | 2,346 | 2,450 | −4.24% | Brooke |
53 | Shinnston | City | 2,289 | 2,328 | −1.68% | Harrison |
54 | Petersburg † | City | 2,277 | 2,284 | −0.31% | Grant |
55 | Hinton † | City | 2,185 | 2,245 | −2.67% | Summers |
56 | White Sulphur Springs | City | 2,170 | 2,221 | −2.30% | Greenbrier |
57 | Chester | City | 2,123 | 2,208 | −3.85% | Hancock |
58 | Spencer † | City | 1,998 | 2,063 | −3.15% | Roane |
59 | Mannington | City | 1,927 | 1,952 | −1.28% | Marion |
60 | St. Marys † | City | 1,808 | 1,831 | −1.26% | Pleasants |
61 | Belington | Town | 1,794 | 1,805 | −0.61% | Barbour |
62 | Star City | Town | 1,782 | 1,779 | +0.17% | Monongalia |
63 | Stonewood | City | 1,771 | 1,798 | −1.50% | Harrison |
64 | Romney † | City | 1,756 | 1,724 | +1.86% | Hampshire |
65 | Richwood | City | 1,640 | 1,660 | −1.20% | Nicholas |
66 | McMechen | City | 1,635 | 1,697 | −3.65% | Marshall |
67 | Harrisville † | Town | 1,568 | 1,631 | −3.86% | Ritchie |
68 | Ronceverte | City | 1,554 | 1,572 | −1.15% | Greenbrier |
69 | Shepherdstown | Town | 1,533 | 1,531 | +0.13% | Jefferson |
70 | Eleanor | Town | 1,522 | 1,542 | −1.30% | Putnam |
71 | Salem | City | 1,496 | 1,529 | −2.16% | Harrison |
72 | Nutter Fort | Town | 1,463 | 1,493 | −2.01% | Harrison |
73 | Marmet | City | 1,447 | 1,504 | −3.79% | Kanawha |
74 | Glen Dale | City | 1,446 | 1,496 | −3.34% | Marshall |
75 | West Liberty | Town | 1,443 | 1,454 | −0.76% | Ohio |
76 | New Haven | Town | 1,435 | 1,476 | −2.78% | Mason |
77 | Terra Alta | Town | 1,420 | 1,415 | +0.35% | Preston |
78 | Wayne † | Town | 1,405 | 1,443 | −2.63% | Wayne |
79 | Mullens | City | 1,403 | 1,480 | −5.20% | Wyoming |
80 | Oceana | Town | 1,403 | 1,449 | −3.17% | Wyoming |
81 | Sistersville | City | 1,376 | 1,412 | −2.55% | Tyler |
82 | Logan † | City | 1,365 | 1,439 | −5.14% | Logan |
83 | Granville | Town | 1,363 | 1,355 | +0.59% | Monongalia |
84 | Ceredo | City | 1,360 | 1,408 | −3.41% | Wayne |
85 | Chesapeake | Town | 1,297 | 1,335 | −2.85% | Kanawha |
86 | Mabscott | Town | 1,295 | 1,341 | −3.43% | Raleigh |
87 | Ansted | Town | 1,287 | 1,303 | −1.23% | Fayette |
88 | Parsons † | City | 1,284 | 1,327 | −3.24% | Tucker |
89 | Montgomery | City | 1,235 | 1,275 | −3.14% | Fayette Kanawha |
90 | Benwood | City | 1,210 | 1,252 | −3.35% | Marshall |
91 | Buffalo | Town | 1,205 | 1,211 | −0.50% | Putnam |
92 | Barrackville | Town | 1,199 | 1,201 | −0.17% | Marion |
93 | Rainelle | Town | 1,180 | 1,190 | −0.84% | Greenbrier |
94 | Belle | Town | 1,125 | 1,169 | −3.76% | Kanawha |
95 | Sophia | Town | 1,093 | 1,130 | −3.27% | Raleigh |
96 | Glenville † | Town | 1,092 | 1,129 | −3.28% | Gilmer |
97 | Mount Hope | City | 1,090 | 1,125 | −3.11% | Fayette |
98 | Pennsboro | City | 1,022 | 1,054 | −3.04% | Ritchie |
99 | Monongah | Town | 1,016 | 965 | +5.28% | Marion |
100 | Bolivar | Town | 1,012 | 1,036 | −2.32% | Jefferson |
101 | Hamlin † | Town | 1,004 | 1,039 | −3.37% | Lincoln |
102 | New Cumberland † | City | 986 | 1,020 | −3.33% | Hancock |
103 | Marlinton † | Town | 981 | 998 | −1.70% | Pocahontas |
104 | Chapmanville | Town | 973 | 1,020 | −4.61% | Logan |
105 | Alderson | Town | 956 | 975 | −1.95% | Greenbrier Monroe |
106 | Athens | Town | 945 | 962 | −1.77% | Mercer |
107 | Poca | Town | 864 | 874 | −1.14% | Putnam |
108 | Rupert | Town | 857 | 877 | −2.28% | Greenbrier |
109 | Belmont | City | 855 | 875 | −2.29% | Pleasants |
110 | Clendenin | Town | 849 | 854 | −0.59% | Kanawha |
111 | Carpendale | Town | 847 | 860 | −1.51% | Mineral |
112 | Mason | Town | 841 | 866 | −2.89% | Mason |
113 | Sutton † | Town | 840 | 863 | −2.67% | Braxton |
114 | Cameron | City | 833 | 861 | −3.25% | Marshall |
115 | North Hills | Town | 819 | 834 | −1.80% | Wood |
116 | Rivesville | Town | 818 | 828 | −1.21% | Marion |
117 | East Bank | Town | 796 | 822 | −3.16% | Kanawha |
118 | Bethany | Town | 762 | 781 | −2.43% | Brooke |
119 | Berkeley Springs (Bath) † | Town | 753 | 753 | 0.00% | Morgan |
120 | Man | Town | 740 | 772 | −4.15% | Logan |
121 | Gassaway | Town | 738 | 759 | −2.77% | Braxton |
122 | Smithers | City | 720 | 754 | −4.51% | Fayette Kanawha |
123 | Gary | City | 718 | 773 | −7.12% | McDowell |
124 | Elizabeth † | Town | 711 | 724 | −1.80% | Wirt |
125 | Webster Springs (Addison) † | Town | 704 | 731 | −3.69% | Webster |
126 | White Hall | Town | 704 | 700 | +0.57% | Marion |
127 | Lumberport | Town | 703 | 717 | −1.95% | Harrison |
128 | Piedmont | Town | 703 | 718 | −2.09% | Mineral |
129 | Middlebourne † | Town | 702 | 717 | −2.09% | Tyler |
130 | Cedar Grove | Town | 693 | 718 | −3.48% | Kanawha |
131 | Glasgow | Town | 685 | 703 | −2.56% | Kanawha |
132 | Grant Town | Town | 679 | 685 | −0.88% | Marion |
133 | Fort Gay | Town | 664 | 675 | −1.63% | Wayne |
134 | Triadelphia | Town | 654 | 669 | −2.24% | Ohio |
135 | Danville | Town | 652 | 672 | −2.98% | Boone |
136 | West Union † | Town | 643 | 653 | −1.53% | Doddridge |
137 | Pineville † | Town | 619 | 645 | −4.03% | Wyoming |
138 | Beverly | Town | 615 | 622 | −1.13% | Randolph |
139 | Thomas | City | 603 | 611 | −1.31% | Tucker |
140 | Davis | Town | 579 | 600 | −3.50% | Tucker |
141 | Ridgeley | Town | 579 | 591 | −2.03% | Mineral |
142 | War | City | 575 | 623 | −7.70% | McDowell |
143 | Mill Creek | Town | 548 | 560 | −2.14% | Randolph |
144 | Gauley Bridge | Town | 536 | 553 | −3.07% | Fayette |
145 | Beech Bottom | Village | 533 | 553 | −3.62% | Brooke |
146 | Reedsville | Town | 528 | 530 | −0.38% | Preston |
147 | Masontown | Town | 508 | 510 | −0.39% | Preston |
148 | West Hamlin | Town | 508 | 524 | −3.05% | Lincoln |
149 | Anmoore | Town | 504 | 513 | −1.75% | Harrison |
150 | Hartford City | Town | 498 | 503 | −0.99% | Mason |
151 | Grantsville † | Town | 479 | 494 | −3.04% | Calhoun |
152 | Cowen | Town | 474 | 487 | −2.67% | Webster |
153 | Franklin † | Town | 470 | 495 | −5.05% | Pendleton |
154 | Pratt | Town | 465 | 483 | −3.73% | Kanawha |
155 | Clearview | Village | 464 | 472 | −1.69% | Ohio |
156 | West Milford | Town | 445 | 449 | −0.89% | Harrison |
157 | Peterstown | Town | 443 | 448 | −1.12% | Monroe |
158 | Rowlesburg | Town | 435 | 438 | −0.68% | Preston |
159 | Capon Bridge | Town | 422 | 420 | +0.48% | Hampshire |
160 | Union † | Town | 414 | 419 | −1.19% | Monroe |
161 | Paw Paw | Town | 412 | 410 | +0.49% | Morgan |
162 | Delbarton | Town | 403 | 422 | −4.50% | Mingo |
163 | Jane Lew | Town | 398 | 408 | −2.45% | Lewis |
164 | Farmington | Town | 397 | 392 | +1.28% | Marion |
165 | Matewan | Town | 394 | 412 | −4.37% | Mingo |
166 | Bancroft | Town | 384 | 387 | −0.78% | Putnam |
167 | Burnsville | Town | 383 | 394 | −2.79% | Braxton |
168 | Clay † | Town | 380 | 396 | −4.04% | Clay |
169 | Junior | Town | 380 | 384 | −1.04% | Barbour |
170 | West Logan | Town | 380 | 399 | −4.76% | Logan |
171 | Fairview | Town | 371 | 373 | −0.54% | Marion |
172 | Lost Creek | Town | 353 | 359 | −1.67% | Harrison |
173 | Pine Grove | Town | 349 | 363 | −3.86% | Wetzel |
174 | Windsor Heights | Village | 346 | 361 | −4.16% | Brooke |
175 | Whitesville | Town | 343 | 361 | −4.99% | Boone |
176 | Lester | Town | 329 | 338 | −2.66% | Raleigh |
177 | Meadow Bridge | Town | 317 | 324 | −2.16% | Fayette |
178 | Gilbert | Town | 315 | 333 | −5.41% | Mingo |
179 | Mitchell Heights | Town | 304 | 314 | −3.18% | Logan |
180 | Flemington | Town | 302 | 309 | −2.27% | Taylor |
181 | Kermit | Town | 302 | 317 | −4.73% | Mingo |
182 | Hedgesville | Town | 298 | 300 | −0.67% | Berkeley |
183 | Tunnelton | Town | 291 | 296 | −1.69% | Preston |
184 | Bramwell | Town | 270 | 276 | −2.17% | Mercer |
185 | Harpers Ferry | Town | 267 | 269 | −0.74% | Jefferson |
186 | Valley Grove | Village | 266 | 275 | −3.27% | Ohio |
187 | Wardensville | Town | 265 | 269 | −1.49% | Hardy |
188 | Kimball | Town | 261 | 145 | +80.00% | McDowell |
189 | Newburg | Town | 259 | 259 | 0.00% | Preston |
190 | Flatwoods | Town | 258 | 264 | −2.27% | Braxton |
191 | Albright | Town | 247 | 249 | −0.80% | Preston |
192 | Ellenboro | Town | 246 | 221 | +11.31% | Ritchie |
193 | Hundred | Town | 246 | 255 | −3.53% | Wetzel |
194 | Durbin | Town | 245 | 231 | +6.06% | Pocahontas |
195 | Iaeger | Town | 238 | 257 | −7.39% | McDowell |
196 | Hillsboro | Town | 230 | 232 | −0.86% | Pocahontas |
197 | Henderson | Town | 224 | 228 | −1.75% | Mason |
198 | Hendricks | Town | 219 | 228 | −3.95% | Tucker |
199 | Quinwood | Town | 215 | 222 | −3.15% | Greenbrier |
200 | Elk Garden | Town | 214 | 212 | +0.94% | Mineral |
201 | Northfork | Town | 214 | 231 | −7.36% | McDowell |
202 | Handley | Town | 213 | 223 | −4.48% | Kanawha |
203 | Hambleton | Town | 210 | 218 | −3.67% | Tucker |
204 | Bayard | Town | 195 | 201 | −2.99% | Grant |
205 | Davy | Town | 194 | 209 | −7.18% | McDowell |
206 | Bradshaw | Town | 190 | 207 | −8.21% | McDowell |
207 | Womelsdorf (Coalton) | Town | 188 | 189 | −0.53% | Randolph |
208 | Sand Fork | Town | 178 | 180 | −1.11% | Gilmer |
209 | Worthington | Town | 176 | 179 | −1.68% | Marion |
210 | Matoaka | Town | 169 | 173 | −2.31% | Mercer |
211 | Cairo | Town | 168 | 176 | −4.55% | Ritchie |
212 | Falling Spring | Town | 168 | 170 | −1.18% | Greenbrier |
213 | Keystone | City | 160 | 176 | −9.09% | McDowell |
214 | Sylvester | Town | 159 | 171 | −7.02% | Boone |
215 | Huttonsville | Town | 158 | 163 | −3.07% | Randolph |
216 | Anawalt | Town | 155 | 165 | −6.06% | McDowell |
217 | Reedy | Town | 148 | 150 | −1.33% | Roane |
218 | Montrose | Town | 139 | 145 | −4.14% | Randolph |
219 | Rhodell | Town | 138 | 141 | −2.13% | Raleigh |
220 | Leon | Town | 133 | 137 | −2.92% | Mason |
221 | Pax | Town | 132 | 136 | −2.94% | Fayette |
222 | Pullman | Town | 132 | 135 | −2.22% | Ritchie |
223 | Oakvale | Town | 130 | 133 | −2.26% | Mercer |
224 | Brandonville | Town | 128 | 129 | −0.78% | Preston |
225 | Camden-on-Gauley | Town | 125 | 126 | −0.79% | Webster |
226 | Blacksville | Town | 118 | 118 | 0.00% | Monongalia |
227 | Smithfield | Town | 98 | 103 | −4.85% | Wetzel |
228 | Friendly | Town | 97 | 101 | −3.96% | Tyler |
229 | Harman | Town | 94 | 95 | −1.05% | Randolph |
230 | Auburn | Town | 78 | 79 | −1.27% | Ritchie |
231 | Bruceton Mills | Town | 61 | 63 | −3.17% | Preston |
232 | Thurmond | Town | 3 | 5 | −40.00% | Fayette |
Former towns
[edit]These communities were once towns but disincorporated.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 3, 2024.