West Virginia · Census place 5449492

Mabscott, West Virginia

Mabscott is a town in Raleigh County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,278 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 88th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,278
#88 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-4.2%
-56 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,374 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Mabscott. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

Mabscott population, 2020 to 2024

Mabscott lost 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,337. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mabscott covers 0.93 square miles of land, for 1,374 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Mabscott is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mabscott is in

All of Mabscott's residents live in Raleigh County, which had 72,379 residents in 2024. Mabscott holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mabscott

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mabscott by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 25801, 25871. 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 Mabscott is

The Census internal point of Mabscott is at 37.769000, -81.213300. Charleston, the capital, is 44.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Beckley, WV (16,515 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 126.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.769000, -81.213300
DMS
37°46'8.40"N 81°12'47.88"W
UTM
17N 481214.2E 4180207.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
869WQQ9P+JM

Daylight in Mabscott

At 37.77° N, Mabscott gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mabscott

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Beckley, 2.8 miles away, with 16,515 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mabscott, WV?

1,278 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 56 (4.2%) from 1,334 in July 2020.

What county is Mabscott in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mabscott?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 25801, 25871.

How far is Mabscott from Charleston?

44.8 miles (72.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Mabscott.

What is the nearest larger city to Mabscott?

Beckley, WV, with 16,515 residents, 2.9 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.