Virginia · Census place 5117440
Clifton Forge, Virginia
Clifton Forge is a town in Alleghany County, Virginia with an estimated 3,385 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 74th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,385
- #74 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -4.3%
- -153 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,121 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Clifton Forge population, 2020 to 2024
Clifton Forge lost 153 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.3%. In the latest year it moved by -21.
Clifton Forge covers 3.02 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,121 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Clifton Forge is less dense than the typical town.
What county Clifton Forge is in
All of Clifton Forge's residents live in Alleghany County, which had 14,632 residents in 2024. Clifton Forge holds 23.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Clifton Forge
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clifton Forge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24422. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Clifton Forge is
The Census internal point of Clifton Forge is at 37.823300, -79.825200. Richmond, the capital, is 132.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Covington, VA (5,663 people), 9.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 119.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.823300, -79.825200
- DMS
- 37°49'23.88"N 79°49'30.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 603393.1E 4186860.2N
- Geohash
- dnxppt90d
- Plus code
- 8792R5FF+8W
Daylight in Clifton Forge
At 37.82° N, Clifton Forge gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Clifton Forge
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Covington, 9.2 miles away, with 5,663 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clifton Forge, VA?
3,385 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 153 (4.3%) from 3,538 in July 2020.
What county is Clifton Forge in?
Alleghany County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Clifton Forge?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24422.
How far is Clifton Forge from Richmond?
132.2 miles (212.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Clifton Forge.
What is the nearest larger city to Clifton Forge?
Covington, VA, with 5,663 residents, 9.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.