South Charleston, West Virginia

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Charleston. It lies just east of South Charleston and has a population of 53,421 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Huntington. It is located about 39 miles [62 km] to the west of South Charleston and has a population of 51,475 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Gallipolis (OH)	NW	41 mi [66 km]	4,190	0.24% increase
	South Point (OH)	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	3,986	6.52% increase
	Barboursville	W	32 mi [51.5 km]	3,410	7.13% increase
	Beckley	SE	49 mi [78.9 km]	16,832	2.45% decrease
	Dunbar	NW	Less than 2 mi	7,664	6.01% decrease
	Fayetteville	SE	38 mi [61.2 km]	2,663	3.3% decrease
	Hurricane	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	6,335	21.31% increase
	Kenova	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	3,272	6.11% decrease
	Nitro	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	6,784	0.59% decrease
	Oak Hill	SE	39 mi [62.8 km]	7,211	4.98% decrease
	Point Pleasant	NW	41 mi [66 km]	4,451	4.01% decrease
	Ravenswood	N	41 mi [66 km]	3,935	2.38% decrease
	Ripley	N	32 mi [51.5 km]	3,241	0.67% decrease
	Saint Albans	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	10,996	4.94% decrease
	Summersville	E	47 mi [75.6 km]	3,303	0.27% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Airport Village	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Alum Creek	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Belle	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,158	8.02% decrease
	Chesapeake	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,542	6.15% decrease
	Coal Fork	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Cross Lanes	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Dupont City	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Jefferson	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Kanawha City	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Marmet	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,605	5.2% decrease
	Pinch	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Poca	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,032	1.88% increase
	Raymond City	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Rock Lake Village	W	Less than 2 mi	---
	Tornado	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	---

Kanawha County

South Charleston is located in Kanawha County.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From South Charleston
	Gallia County (OH)	NW	Swan Creek (OH)	31 miles [49 km]
	Lawrence County (OH)	W	Riverside Terrace (OH)	33 miles [53 km]
	Meigs County (OH)	N	Apple Grove (OH)	38 miles [61 km]
	Boone County	S	Dartmont	10 miles [16 km]
	Cabell County	W	Culloden	19 miles [30 km]
	Calhoun County	NE	Oka	37 miles [59 km]
	Clay County	E	Queen Shoals	24 miles [38 km]
	Fayette County	SE	Cannelton	24 miles [38 km]
	Jackson County	N	Loop	15 miles [24 km]
	Lincoln County	SW	Alum Creek	6 miles [9 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for West Virginia<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) South 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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