Ohio · Census place 3916378

Coal Grove, Ohio

Coal Grove is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio with an estimated 1,804 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 413th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,804
#413 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-4.2%
-79 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
945 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Coal Grove. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Coal Grove population, 2020 to 2024

Coal Grove lost 79 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,886. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Coal Grove covers 1.91 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 945 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Coal Grove is less dense than the typical town.

What county Coal Grove is in

All of Coal Grove's residents live in Lawrence County, which had 55,829 residents in 2024. Coal Grove holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Coal Grove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coal Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 45638. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Coal Grove is

The Census internal point of Coal Grove is at 38.492200, -82.635900. Columbus, the capital, is 103.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ashland, KY (21,066 people), 2.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 103.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.492200, -82.635900
DMS
38°29'31.92"N 82°38'9.24"W
UTM
17N 357333.2E 4261695.8N
Geohash
dnv4zx637
Plus code
86CVF9R7+VJ

Daylight in Coal Grove

At 38.49° N, Coal Grove gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Coal Grove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Ironton, 3.6 miles away, with 10,147 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coal Grove, OH?

1,804 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 79 (4.2%) from 1,883 in July 2020.

What county is Coal Grove in?

Lawrence County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Coal Grove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45638.

How far is Coal Grove from Columbus?

103.4 miles (166.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from Coal Grove.

What is the nearest larger city to Coal Grove?

Ashland, KY, with 21,066 residents, 2.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.