West Virginia · Census place 5405788
Belington, West Virginia
Belington is a town in Barbour County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,795 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 61st largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,795
- #61 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -15 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 871 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Belington population, 2020 to 2024
Belington lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Belington covers 2.06 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 871 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Belington is less dense than the typical town.
What county Belington is in
All of Belington's residents live in Barbour County, which had 15,369 residents in 2024. Belington holds 11.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Belington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Belington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 26250. 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 Belington is
The Census internal point of Belington is at 39.015100, -79.940900. Charleston, the capital, is 101.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elkins, WV (6,698 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 98.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.015100, -79.940900
- DMS
- 39°00'54.36"N 79°56'27.24"W
- UTM
- 17N 591690.9E 4318985.8N
- Geohash
- dnzjuykz6
- Plus code
- 87F22385+2J
Daylight in Belington
At 39.02° N, Belington gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Belington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Elkins, 7.8 miles away, with 6,698 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Belington, WV?
1,795 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (0.8%) from 1,810 in July 2020.
What county is Belington in?
Barbour County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Belington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26250.
How far is Belington from Charleston?
101.6 miles (163.5 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Belington.
What is the nearest larger city to Belington?
Elkins, WV, with 6,698 residents, 7.8 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.
- 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.