West Virginia · Census place 5404276

Barboursville, West Virginia

Barboursville is a village in Cabell County, West Virginia with an estimated 4,326 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 29th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,326
#29 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-111 people
Land area
4.0 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,079 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Barboursville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

Barboursville population, 2020 to 2024

Barboursville lost 111 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -26.

4,43720204,40820214,36920224,35220234,3262024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,439. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Barboursville covers 4.01 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,079 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Barboursville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Barboursville is in

All of Barboursville's residents live in Cabell County, which had 91,489 residents in 2024. Barboursville holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Barboursville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Barboursville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 25504. 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 Barboursville is

The Census internal point of Barboursville is at 38.406400, -82.295300. Charleston, the capital, is 37.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Huntington, WV (44,942 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 115.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.406400, -82.295300
DMS
38°24'23.04"N 82°17'43.08"W
UTM
17N 386904.4E 4251701.8N
Geohash
dnv6rrdmk
Plus code
86CVCP43+HV

Daylight in Barboursville

At 38.41° N, Barboursville 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 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Barboursville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Huntington, 7.6 miles away, with 44,942 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Barboursville, WV?

4,326 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 111 (2.5%) from 4,437 in July 2020.

What county is Barboursville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Barboursville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25504.

How far is Barboursville from Charleston?

37.3 miles (60.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Barboursville.

What is the nearest larger city to Barboursville?

Huntington, WV, with 44,942 residents, 7.6 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.