West Virginia · Census place 5432044
Glenville, West Virginia
Glenville is a town in Gilmer County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,054 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 98th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,054
- #98 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -5.6%
- -63 people
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,054 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Glenville population, 2020 to 2024
Glenville lost 63 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.6%. In the latest year it moved by -18.
Glenville covers 1.00 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,054 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Glenville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Glenville is in
All of Glenville's residents live in Gilmer County, which had 7,116 residents in 2024. Glenville holds 14.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Glenville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glenville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 26351. 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 Glenville is
The Census internal point of Glenville is at 38.940200, -80.833300. Charleston, the capital, is 59.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Weston, WV (3,758 people), 21.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 113.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.940200, -80.833300
- DMS
- 38°56'24.72"N 80°49'59.88"W
- UTM
- 17N 514447.0E 4310153.8N
- Geohash
- dnyt88fgp
- Plus code
- 86CXW5R8+3M
Daylight in Glenville
At 38.94° N, Glenville gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Glenville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Weston, 21.1 miles away, with 3,758 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Glenville, WV?
1,054 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 63 (5.6%) from 1,117 in July 2020.
What county is Glenville in?
Gilmer County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Glenville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26351.
How far is Glenville from Charleston?
59.2 miles (95.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Glenville.
What is the nearest larger city to Glenville?
Weston, WV, with 3,758 residents, 21.1 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.