West Virginia · Census place 5432932

Granville, West Virginia

Granville is a town in Monongalia County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,378 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 79th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,378
#79 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+23 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,060 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Granville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Granville population, 2020 to 2024

Granville added 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

1,35520201,35920211,36120221,36820231,3782024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,355. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Granville covers 1.30 square miles of land, for 1,060 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Granville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Granville is in

All of Granville's residents live in Monongalia County, which had 108,697 residents in 2024. Granville holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Granville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Granville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 26534. 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 Granville is

The Census internal point of Granville is at 39.648800, -79.999200. Charleston, the capital, is 125.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Star City, WV (1,803 people), 1.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 54.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.648800, -79.999200
DMS
39°38'55.68"N 79°59'57.12"W
UTM
17N 585864.8E 4389257.2N
Geohash
dpp1e9f75
Plus code
87F2J2X2+G8

Daylight in Granville

At 39.65° N, Granville gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Granville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Star City, 1.0 miles away, with 1,803 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Granville, WV?

1,378 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 23 (1.7%) from 1,355 in July 2020.

What county is Granville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Granville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26534.

How far is Granville from Charleston?

125.4 miles (201.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Granville.

What is the nearest larger city to Granville?

Star City, WV, with 1,803 residents, 1.0 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.