West Virginia · Census place 5462764
Pennsboro, West Virginia
Pennsboro is a city in Ritchie County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,009 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 100th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,009
- #100 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -4.2%
- -44 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 374 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Pennsboro population, 2020 to 2024
Pennsboro lost 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Pennsboro covers 2.70 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 374 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Pennsboro is less dense than the typical town.
What county Pennsboro is in
All of Pennsboro's residents live in Ritchie County, which had 8,170 residents in 2024. Pennsboro holds 12.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pennsboro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pennsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26415. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Pennsboro is
The Census internal point of Pennsboro is at 39.284100, -80.966100. Charleston, the capital, is 74.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrisville, WV (1,547 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 95.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.284100, -80.966100
- DMS
- 39°17'2.76"N 80°57'57.96"W
- UTM
- 17N 502923.7E 4348304.8N
- Geohash
- dnyrmx6q3
- Plus code
- 86FX72MM+JH
Daylight in Pennsboro
At 39.28° N, Pennsboro gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pennsboro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Harrisville, 6.7 miles away, with 1,547 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pennsboro, WV?
1,009 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 44 (4.2%) from 1,053 in July 2020.
What county is Pennsboro in?
Ritchie County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pennsboro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26415.
How far is Pennsboro from Charleston?
74.2 miles (119.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Pennsboro.
What is the nearest larger city to Pennsboro?
Harrisville, WV, with 1,547 residents, 6.6 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.