West Virginia · Census place 5424292
Eleanor, West Virginia
Eleanor is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,523 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 69th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,523
- #69 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -27 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- + 0.15 sq mi water
- Density
- 743 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Eleanor population, 2020 to 2024
Eleanor lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
Eleanor covers 2.05 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 743 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Eleanor is less dense than the typical town.
What county Eleanor is in
All of Eleanor's residents live in Putnam County, which had 57,067 residents in 2024. Eleanor holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Eleanor
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eleanor by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 25070. 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 Eleanor is
The Census internal point of Eleanor is at 38.536800, -81.924300. Charleston, the capital, is 21.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winfield, WV (2,428 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 115.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.536800, -81.924300
- DMS
- 38°32'12.48"N 81°55'27.48"W
- UTM
- 17N 419443.2E 4265781.7N
- Geohash
- dnvepz2t1
- Plus code
- 86CWG3PG+P7
Daylight in Eleanor
At 38.54° N, Eleanor gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Eleanor
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Winfield, 2.2 miles away, with 2,428 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Eleanor, WV?
1,523 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 27 (1.7%) from 1,550 in July 2020.
What county is Eleanor in?
Putnam County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Eleanor?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25070.
How far is Eleanor from Charleston?
21.9 miles (35.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Eleanor.
What is the nearest larger city to Eleanor?
Winfield, WV, with 2,428 residents, 2.2 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.