West Virginia · Census place 5455276

Monongah, West Virginia

Monongah is a town in Marion County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,046 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 99th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,046; #99 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020: +8.3%; +80 people
Land area: 0.5 sq mi; + 0.04 sq mi water
Density: 2,135 / sq mi; State median 1,823

Orange pin: Monongah. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Monongah population, 2020 to 2024

Monongah added 80 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.3%. In the latest year it moved by +13.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 961. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Monongah covers 0.49 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,135 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Monongah is denser than the typical town.

What county Monongah is in

All of Monongah's residents live in Marion County, which had 55,649 residents in 2024. Monongah holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monongah

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Monongah by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 26554. 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 Monongah is

The Census internal point of Monongah is at 39.458300, -80.220800. Charleston, the capital, is 107.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pleasant Valley, WV (3,470 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 69.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.458300, -80.220800
DMS: 39°27'29.88"N 80°13'14.88"W
UTM: 17N 567035.3E 4367926.3N
Geohash: dpnbqx0vr
Plus code: 86FXFQ5H+8M

Daylight in Monongah

At 39.46° N, Monongah gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monongah

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Pleasant Valley, 3.5 miles away, with 3,470 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Monongah, WV?

1,046 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 80 (8.3%) from 966 in July 2020.

What county is Monongah in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Monongah?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26554.

How far is Monongah from Charleston?

107.7 miles (173.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Monongah.

What is the nearest larger city to Monongah?

Pleasant Valley, WV, with 3,470 residents, 3.5 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.