Charleston, West Virginia

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Charleston is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Huntington. It is located about 43 miles [69 km] to the west of Charleston and has a population of 51,475 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Gallipolis (OH)	NW	44 mi [70.8 km]	4,190	0.24% increase
	Barboursville	W	36 mi [57.9 km]	3,410	7.13% increase
	Beckley	SE	47 mi [75.6 km]	16,832	2.45% decrease
	Dunbar	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	7,664	6.01% decrease
	Fayetteville	SE	34 mi [54.7 km]	2,663	3.3% decrease
	Hurricane	W	21 mi [33.8 km]	6,335	21.31% increase
	Madison	SW	22 mi [35.41 km]	2,576	3.77% decrease
	Nitro	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	6,784	0.59% decrease
	Oak Hill	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	7,211	4.98% decrease
	Point Pleasant	NW	44 mi [70.8 km]	4,451	4.01% decrease
	Ravenswood	N	42 mi [67.6 km]	3,935	2.38% decrease
	Ripley	N	32 mi [51.5 km]	3,241	0.67% decrease
	Saint Albans	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	10,996	4.94% decrease
	South Charleston	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	12,427	7.19% decrease
	Summersville	E	43 mi [69.2 km]	3,303	0.27% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Airport Village	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Alum Creek	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Belle	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,158	8.02% decrease
	Chesapeake	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,542	6.15% decrease
	Coal Fork	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Cross Lanes	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Dupont City	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Elkview	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Jefferson	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Kanawha City	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Marmet	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,605	5.2% decrease
	Pinch	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Rock Lake Village	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Sissonville	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Tornado	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	---

Kanawha County

Charleston is located in Kanawha County and is the county seat.

Below are counties that are near Charleston (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Charleston:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Charleston
	Gallia County (OH)	NW	Swan Creek (OH)	35 miles [56 km]
	Lawrence County (OH)	W	Athalia (OH)	38 miles [61 km]
	Meigs County (OH)	N	Apple Grove (OH)	39 miles [62 km]
	Boone County	SW	Dartmont	11 miles [17 km]
	Cabell County	W	Culloden	23 miles [37 km]
	Calhoun County	NE	Oka	34 miles [54 km]
	Clay County	NE	Queen Shoals	20 miles [32 km]
	Fayette County	SE	Donwood	20 miles [32 km]
	Jackson County	N	Loop	15 miles [24 km]
	Lincoln County	SW	Alum Creek	10 miles [16 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for West Virginia<3>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Charleston. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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