List of municipalities in West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 232 municipalities.

## Cities

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* Largest municipalities in West Virginia by population
* Charleston, the capital of West Virginia and its most populous city

* Huntington

* Morgantown

* Parkersburg

* Weirton

* Wheeling

* Martinsburg

* Fairmont

* Beckley

* Clarksburg

## List of municipalities

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> County seat
>  State capital and county seat

Map of the United States with West Virginia highlighted 2023 Rank  | City  | Type  | 2023 Estimate[1] | 2020 Census  | Change  | County

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1 | Charleston †† | City  | 46,838  | 48,864  | −4.15% | Kanawha
2 | Huntington † | City  | 45,325  | 46,842  | −3.24% | Cabell
Wayne
3 | Morgantown † | City  | 30,429  | 30,347  | +0.27% | Monongalia
4 | Parkersburg † | City  | 29,025  | 29,738  | −2.40% | Wood
5 | Wheeling † | City  | 26,208  | 27,052  | −3.12% | Ohio
Marshall
6 | Martinsburg † | City  | 18,935  | 18,777  | +0.84% | Berkeley
7 | Weirton | City  | 18,386  | 19,163  | −4.05% | Hancock
Brooke
8 | Fairmont † | City  | 18,155  | 18,416  | −1.42% | Marion
9 | Beckley † | City  | 16,576  | 17,286  | −4.11% | Raleigh
10 | Clarksburg † | City  | 15,489  | 16,061  | −3.56% | Harrison
11 | South Charleston | City  | 13,281  | 13,647  | −2.68% | Kanawha
12 | Vienna | City  | 10,457  | 10,652  | −1.83% | Wood
13 | St. Albans | City  | 10,387  | 10,861  | −4.36% | Kanawha
14 | Bridgeport | City  | 9,377  | 9,336  | +0.44% | Harrison
15 | Bluefield | City  | 9,272  | 9,658  | −4.00% | Mercer
16 | Oak Hill | City  | 7,849  | 8,179  | −4.03% | Fayette
17 | Moundsville † | City  | 7,724  | 8,093  | −4.56% | Marshall
18 | Charles Town † | City  | 7,672  | 6,534  | +17.42% | Jefferson
19 | Dunbar | City  | 7,163  | 7,480  | −4.24% | Kanawha
20 | Hurricane | City  | 6,806  | 6,961  | −2.23% | Putnam
21 | Elkins † | City  | 6,755  | 6,934  | −2.58% | Randolph
22 | Nitro | City  | 6,426  | 6,624  | −2.99% | Kanawha
Putnam
23 | Ranson | Corporation  | 5,699  | 5,433  | +4.90% | Jefferson
24 | Princeton † | City  | 5,642  | 5,872  | −3.92% | Mercer
25 | New Martinsville † | City  | 5,087  | 5,204  | −2.25% | Wetzel
26 | Buckhannon † | City  | 5,055  | 5,186  | −2.53% | Upshur
27 | Keyser † | City  | 4,843  | 4,864  | −0.43% | Mineral
28 | Grafton † | City  | 4,589  | 4,722  | −2.82% | Taylor
29 | Barboursville | Village  | 4,355  | 4,456  | −2.27% | Cabell
30 | Westover | City  | 4,043  | 3,955  | +2.23% | Monongalia
31 | Point Pleasant † | City  | 3,908  | 4,070  | −3.98% | Mason
32 | Ravenswood | City  | 3,819  | 3,865  | −1.19% | Jackson
33 | Lewisburg † | City  | 3,785  | 3,922  | −3.49% | Greenbrier
34 | Weston † | City  | 3,776  | 3,952  | −4.45% | Lewis
35 | Pleasant Valley | City  | 3,483  | 3,498  | −0.43% | Marion
36 | Welch † | City  | 3,414  | 3,590  | −4.90% | McDowell
37 | Summersville † | City  | 3,344  | 3,431  | −2.54% | Nicholas
38 | Ripley † | City  | 3,043  | 3,079  | −1.17% | Jackson
39 | Kingwood † | City  | 2,956  | 2,980  | −0.81% | Preston
40 | Williamstown | City  | 2,955  | 2,997  | −1.40% | Wood
41 | Philippi † | City  | 2,904  | 2,929  | −0.85% | Barbour
42 | Kenova | City  | 2,897  | 3,033  | −4.48% | Wayne
43 | Williamson † | City  | 2,831  | 3,083  | −8.17% | Mingo
44 | Fayetteville † | Town  | 2,804  | 2,887  | −2.87% | Fayette
45 | Milton | Town  | 2,755  | 2,811  | −1.99% | Cabell
46 | Madison † | City  | 2,742  | 2,913  | −5.87% | Boone
47 | Follansbee | City  | 2,692  | 2,848  | −5.48% | Brooke
48 | Bethlehem | Village  | 2,553  | 2,605  | −2.00% | Ohio
49 | Moorefield † | Town  | 2,487  | 2,524  | −1.47% | Hardy
50 | Paden City | City  | 2,408  | 2,541  | −5.23% | Wetzel
Tyler
51 | Winfield † | Town  | 2,368  | 2,393  | −1.04% | Putnam
52 | Wellsburg † | City  | 2,302  | 2,450  | −6.04% | Brooke
53 | Shinnston | City  | 2,276  | 2,328  | −2.23% | Harrison
54 | Petersburg † | City  | 2,268  | 2,284  | −0.70% | Grant
55 | White Sulphur Springs | City  | 2,187  | 2,221  | −1.53% | Greenbrier
56 | Hinton † | City  | 2,142  | 2,245  | −4.59% | Summers
57 | Chester | City  | 2,113  | 2,208  | −4.30% | Hancock
58 | Spencer † | City  | 1,982  | 2,063  | −3.93% | Roane
59 | Mannington | City  | 1,916  | 1,952  | −1.84% | Marion
60 | Belington | Town  | 1,789  | 1,805  | −0.89% | Barbour
61 | Star City | Town  | 1,778  | 1,779  | −0.06% | Monongalia
62 | St. Marys † | City  | 1,762  | 1,831  | −3.77% | Pleasants
63 | Stonewood | City  | 1,759  | 1,798  | −2.17% | Harrison
64 | Romney † | City  | 1,753  | 1,724  | +1.68% | Hampshire
65 | Richwood | City  | 1,623  | 1,660  | −2.23% | Nicholas
66 | McMechen | City  | 1,613  | 1,697  | −4.95% | Marshall
67 | Harrisville † | Town  | 1,554  | 1,631  | −4.72% | Ritchie
68 | Shepherdstown | Town  | 1,537  | 1,531  | +0.39% | Jefferson
69 | Ronceverte | City  | 1,531  | 1,572  | −2.61% | Greenbrier
70 | Eleanor | Town  | 1,517  | 1,542  | −1.62% | Putnam
71 | Salem | City  | 1,482  | 1,529  | −3.07% | Harrison
72 | Nutter Fort | Town  | 1,454  | 1,493  | −2.61% | Harrison
73 | West Liberty | Town  | 1,441  | 1,454  | −0.89% | Ohio
74 | Marmet | City  | 1,435  | 1,504  | −4.59% | Kanawha
75 | Glen Dale | City  | 1,425  | 1,496  | −4.75% | Marshall
76 | New Haven | Town  | 1,418  | 1,476  | −3.93% | Mason
77 | Terra Alta | Town  | 1,413  | 1,415  | −0.14% | Preston
78 | Wayne † | Town  | 1,395  | 1,443  | −3.33% | Wayne
79 | Oceana | Town  | 1,389  | 1,449  | −4.14% | Wyoming
80 | Mullens | City  | 1,383  | 1,480  | −6.55% | Wyoming
81 | Granville | Town  | 1,371  | 1,355  | +1.18% | Monongalia
82 | Ceredo | City  | 1,341  | 1,408  | −4.76% | Wayne
83 | Logan † | City  | 1,337  | 1,439  | −7.09% | Logan
84 | Sistersville | City  | 1,327  | 1,412  | −6.02% | Tyler
85 | Chesapeake | Town  | 1,290  | 1,335  | −3.37% | Kanawha
86 | Parsons † | City  | 1,289  | 1,327  | −2.86% | Tucker
87 | Mabscott | Town  | 1,282  | 1,341  | −4.40% | Raleigh
88 | Mount Hope | City  | 1,276  | 1,125  | +13.42% | Fayette
89 | Ansted | Town  | 1,272  | 1,303  | −2.38% | Fayette
90 | Montgomery | City  | 1,224  | 1,275  | −4.00% | Fayette
Kanawha
91 | Buffalo | Town  | 1,205  | 1,211  | −0.50% | Putnam
92 | Barrackville | Town  | 1,201  | 1,201  | 0.00%  | Marion
93 | Benwood | City  | 1,191  | 1,252  | −4.87% | Marshall
94 | Rainelle | Town  | 1,159  | 1,190  | −2.61% | Greenbrier
95 | Belle | Town  | 1,106  | 1,169  | −5.39% | Kanawha
96 | Sophia | Town  | 1,082  | 1,130  | −4.25% | Raleigh
97 | Glenville † | Town  | 1,079  | 1,129  | −4.43% | Gilmer
98 | Monongah | Town  | 1,039  | 965  | +7.67% | Marion
99 | Pennsboro | City  | 1,014  | 1,054  | −3.80% | Ritchie
100 | Bolivar | Town  | 1,005  | 1,036  | −2.99% | Jefferson
101 | Hamlin † | Town  | 992  | 1,039  | −4.52% | Lincoln
102 | New Cumberland † | City  | 984  | 1,020  | −3.53% | Hancock
103 | Marlinton † | Town  | 969  | 998  | −2.91% | Pocahontas
104 | Chapmanville | Town  | 956  | 1,020  | −6.27% | Logan
105 | Athens | Town  | 942  | 962  | −2.08% | Mercer
106 | Alderson | Town  | 941  | 975  | −3.49% | Greenbrier
Monroe
107 | Poca | Town  | 864  | 874  | −1.14% | Putnam
108 | Clendenin | Town  | 862  | 854  | +0.94% | Kanawha
109 | Carpendale | Town  | 847  | 860  | −1.51% | Mineral
110 | Rupert | Town  | 847  | 877  | −3.42% | Greenbrier
111 | Sutton † | Town  | 836  | 863  | −3.13% | Braxton
112 | Belmont | City  | 834  | 875  | −4.69% | Pleasants
113 | Mason | Town  | 834  | 866  | −3.70% | Mason
114 | Cameron | City  | 821  | 861  | −4.65% | Marshall
115 | North Hills | Town  | 817  | 834  | −2.04% | Wood
116 | Rivesville | Town  | 813  | 828  | −1.81% | Marion
117 | East Bank | Town  | 791  | 822  | −3.77% | Kanawha
118 | Bethany | Town  | 756  | 781  | −3.20% | Brooke
119 | Berkeley Springs (Bath) † | Town  | 752  | 753  | −0.13% | Morgan
120 | Gassaway | Town  | 734  | 759  | −3.29% | Braxton
121 | Man | Town  | 727  | 772  | −5.83% | Logan
122 | Smithers | City  | 709  | 754  | −5.97% | Fayette
Kanawha
123 | Gary | City  | 703  | 773  | −9.06% | McDowell
124 | White Hall | Town  | 703  | 700  | +0.43% | Marion
125 | Piedmont | Town  | 701  | 718  | −2.37% | Mineral
126 | Elizabeth † | Town  | 698  | 724  | −3.59% | Wirt
127 | Lumberport | Town  | 695  | 717  | −3.07% | Harrison
128 | Cedar Grove | Town  | 691  | 718  | −3.76% | Kanawha
129 | Webster Springs (Addison) † | Town  | 689  | 731  | −5.75% | Webster
130 | Glasgow | Town  | 684  | 703  | −2.70% | Kanawha
131 | Middlebourne † | Town  | 678  | 717  | −5.44% | Tyler
132 | Grant Town | Town  | 674  | 685  | −1.61% | Marion
133 | Fort Gay | Town  | 661  | 675  | −2.07% | Wayne
134 | Triadelphia | Town  | 651  | 669  | −2.69% | Ohio
135 | Danville | Town  | 640  | 672  | −4.76% | Boone
136 | West Union † | Town  | 639  | 653  | −2.14% | Doddridge
137 | Pineville † | Town  | 610  | 645  | −5.43% | Wyoming
138 | Beverly | Town  | 602  | 622  | −3.22% | Randolph
139 | Thomas | City  | 602  | 611  | −1.47% | Tucker
140 | Davis | Town  | 581  | 600  | −3.17% | Tucker
141 | Ridgeley | Town  | 577  | 591  | −2.37% | Mineral
142 | War | City  | 559  | 623  | −10.27% | McDowell
143 | Mill Creek | Town  | 542  | 560  | −3.21% | Randolph
144 | Gauley Bridge | Town  | 530  | 553  | −4.16% | Fayette
145 | Reedsville | Town  | 526  | 530  | −0.75% | Preston
146 | Beech Bottom | Village  | 524  | 553  | −5.24% | Brooke
147 | Masontown | Town  | 505  | 510  | −0.98% | Preston
148 | Anmoore | Town  | 501  | 513  | −2.34% | Harrison
149 | West Hamlin | Town  | 500  | 524  | −4.58% | Lincoln
150 | Hartford City | Town  | 494  | 503  | −1.79% | Mason
151 | Grantsville † | Town  | 471  | 494  | −4.66% | Calhoun
152 | Cowen | Town  | 469  | 487  | −3.70% | Webster
153 | Franklin † | Town  | 468  | 495  | −5.45% | Pendleton
154 | Pratt | Town  | 461  | 483  | −4.55% | Kanawha
155 | Clearview | Village  | 459  | 472  | −2.75% | Ohio
156 | Peterstown | Town  | 449  | 448  | +0.22% | Monroe
157 | West Milford | Town  | 442  | 449  | −1.56% | Harrison
158 | Rowlesburg | Town  | 435  | 438  | −0.68% | Preston
159 | Capon Bridge | Town  | 422  | 420  | +0.48% | Hampshire
160 | Union † | Town  | 415  | 419  | −0.95% | Monroe
161 | Paw Paw | Town  | 410  | 410  | 0.00%  | Morgan
162 | Farmington | Town  | 398  | 392  | +1.53% | Marion
163 | Delbarton | Town  | 395  | 422  | −6.40% | Mingo
164 | Jane Lew | Town  | 388  | 408  | −4.90% | Lewis
165 | Bancroft | Town  | 384  | 387  | −0.78% | Putnam
166 | Matewan | Town  | 381  | 412  | −7.52% | Mingo
167 | Burnsville | Town  | 380  | 394  | −3.55% | Braxton
168 | Junior | Town  | 376  | 384  | −2.08% | Barbour
169 | Clay † | Town  | 375  | 396  | −5.30% | Clay
170 | West Logan | Town  | 373  | 399  | −6.52% | Logan
171 | Fairview | Town  | 370  | 373  | −0.80% | Marion
172 | Lost Creek | Town  | 348  | 359  | −3.06% | Harrison
173 | Pine Grove | Town  | 344  | 363  | −5.23% | Wetzel
174 | Windsor Heights | Village  | 339  | 361  | −6.09% | Brooke
175 | Whitesville | Town  | 337  | 361  | −6.65% | Boone
176 | Lester | Town  | 326  | 338  | −3.55% | Raleigh
177 | Meadow Bridge | Town  | 314  | 324  | −3.09% | Fayette
178 | Gilbert | Town  | 311  | 333  | −6.61% | Mingo
179 | Flemington | Town  | 304  | 309  | −1.62% | Taylor
180 | Hedgesville | Town  | 301  | 300  | +0.33% | Berkeley
181 | Mitchell Heights | Town  | 299  | 314  | −4.78% | Logan
182 | Kermit | Town  | 294  | 317  | −7.26% | Mingo
183 | Tunnelton | Town  | 291  | 296  | −1.69% | Preston
184 | Harpers Ferry | Town  | 268  | 269  | −0.37% | Jefferson
185 | Bramwell | Town  | 265  | 276  | −3.99% | Mercer
186 | Valley Grove | Village  | 265  | 275  | −3.64% | Ohio
187 | Wardensville | Town  | 262  | 269  | −2.60% | Hardy
188 | Newburg | Town  | 258  | 259  | −0.39% | Preston
189 | Flatwoods | Town  | 257  | 264  | −2.65% | Braxton
190 | Kimball | Town  | 253  | 145  | +74.48% | McDowell
191 | Durbin | Town  | 249  | 231  | +7.79% | Pocahontas
192 | Albright | Town  | 246  | 249  | −1.20% | Preston
193 | Ellenboro | Town  | 243  | 221  | +9.95% | Ritchie
194 | Hundred | Town  | 242  | 255  | −5.10% | Wetzel
195 | Iaeger | Town  | 230  | 257  | −10.51% | McDowell
196 | Hillsboro | Town  | 227  | 232  | −2.16% | Pocahontas
197 | Henderson | Town  | 221  | 228  | −3.07% | Mason
198 | Hendricks | Town  | 220  | 228  | −3.51% | Tucker
199 | Handley | Town  | 214  | 223  | −4.04% | Kanawha
200 | Quinwood | Town  | 213  | 222  | −4.05% | Greenbrier
201 | Hambleton | Town  | 211  | 218  | −3.21% | Tucker
202 | Northfork | Town  | 208  | 231  | −9.96% | McDowell
203 | Elk Garden | Town  | 207  | 212  | −2.36% | Mineral
204 | Bayard | Town  | 193  | 201  | −3.98% | Grant
205 | Davy | Town  | 189  | 209  | −9.57% | McDowell
206 | Womelsdorf (Coalton) | Town  | 185  | 189  | −2.12% | Randolph
207 | Bradshaw | Town  | 183  | 207  | −11.59% | McDowell
208 | Sand Fork | Town  | 175  | 180  | −2.78% | Gilmer
209 | Worthington | Town  | 175  | 179  | −2.23% | Marion
210 | Falling Spring | Town  | 169  | 170  | −0.59% | Greenbrier
211 | Cairo | Town  | 167  | 176  | −5.11% | Ritchie
212 | Huttonsville | Town  | 157  | 163  | −3.68% | Randolph
213 | Keystone | City  | 157  | 176  | −10.80% | McDowell
214 | Sylvester | Town  | 154  | 171  | −9.94% | Boone
215 | Anawalt | Town  | 151  | 165  | −8.48% | McDowell
216 | Reedy | Town  | 147  | 150  | −2.00% | Roane
217 | Montrose | Town  | 139  | 145  | −4.14% | Randolph
218 | Rhodell | Town  | 137  | 141  | −2.84% | Raleigh
219 | Oakvale | Town  | 131  | 133  | −1.50% | Mercer
220 | Pullman | Town  | 131  | 135  | −2.96% | Ritchie
221 | Pax | Town  | 130  | 136  | −4.41% | Fayette
222 | Leon | Town  | 129  | 137  | −5.84% | Mason
223 | Brandonville | Town  | 128  | 129  | −0.78% | Preston
224 | Camden-on-Gauley | Town  | 122  | 126  | −3.17% | Webster
225 | Blacksville | Town  | 119  | 118  | +0.85% | Monongalia
226 | Smithfield | Town  | 96  | 103  | −6.80% | Wetzel
227 | Friendly | Town  | 94  | 101  | −6.93% | Tyler
228 | Harman | Town  | 94  | 95  | −1.05% | Randolph
229 | Auburn | Town  | 78  | 79  | −1.27% | Ritchie
230 | Bruceton Mills | Town  | 61  | 63  | −3.17% | Preston
231 | Thurmond | Town  | 2  | 5  | −60.00% | Fayette

## Former towns

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These communities were once towns but disincorporated.

* Dunlow
* East Lynn
* Jefferson
* Littleton
* Rhodell
* Institute

## See also

[edit]

* West Virginia
* List of census-designated places in West Virginia

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 28, 2024.

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