Virginia · Census place 5154904

Narrows, Virginia

Narrows is a town in Giles County, Virginia with an estimated 2,040 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 96th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,040
#96 of 137 in Virginia
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-50 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
1,606 / sq mi
State median 1,784
Orange pin: Narrows. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Richmond.

Narrows population, 2020 to 2024

Narrows lost 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

2,09020202,05920212,03820222,03920232,0402024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,091. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Narrows covers 1.27 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,606 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Narrows is close to the typical town.

What county Narrows is in

All of Narrows's residents live in Giles County, which had 16,533 residents in 2024. Narrows holds 12.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Narrows

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Narrows by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24124. 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 Narrows is

The Census internal point of Narrows is at 37.331300, -80.809300. Richmond, the capital, is 185.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pearisburg, VA (2,857 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 90.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.331300, -80.809300
DMS
37°19'52.68"N 80°48'33.48"W
UTM
17N 516893.8E 4131642.6N
Geohash
dnws35uqw
Plus code
869X85JR+G7

Daylight in Narrows

At 37.33° N, Narrows gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Narrows

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Pearisburg, 4.5 miles away, with 2,857 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Narrows, VA?

2,040 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 50 (2.4%) from 2,090 in July 2020.

What county is Narrows in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Narrows?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24124.

How far is Narrows from Richmond?

185.7 miles (298.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Narrows.

What is the nearest larger city to Narrows?

Pearisburg, VA, with 2,857 residents, 4.5 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.