Ohio · Census place 3981718

Washington Court House, Ohio

Washington Court House is a city in Fayette County, Ohio with an estimated 14,446 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 121st largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,446
#121 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+4 people
Land area
9.0 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,603 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Washington Court House. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Washington Court House population, 2020 to 2024

Washington Court House added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +25. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 105th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Washington Court House is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,409. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Washington Court House covers 9.01 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,603 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Washington Court House is less dense than the typical town.

What county Washington Court House is in

All of Washington Court House's residents live in Fayette County, which had 28,782 residents in 2024. Washington Court House holds 50.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Washington Court House

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Washington Court House by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43160. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Washington Court House is

The Census internal point of Washington Court House is at 39.537900, -83.427800. Columbus, the capital, is 37.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chillicothe, OH (21,769 people), 26.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 38.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.537900, -83.427800
DMS
39°32'16.44"N 83°25'40.08"W
UTM
17N 291361.6E 4379285.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FRGHQC+5V

Daylight in Washington Court House

At 39.54° N, Washington Court House gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Washington Court House

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Jeffersonville, 10.4 miles away, with 1,236 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Washington Court House, OH?

14,446 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.0%) from 14,442 in July 2020.

What county is Washington Court House in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Washington Court House?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43160.

How far is Washington Court House from Columbus?

37.0 miles (59.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Washington Court House.

What is the nearest larger city to Washington Court House?

Chillicothe, OH, with 21,769 residents, 26.8 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.