West Virginia · Census place 5462956
Petersburg, West Virginia
Petersburg is a city in Grant County, West Virginia with an estimated 2,277 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,277
- #53 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -23 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,406 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Petersburg population, 2020 to 2024
Petersburg lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Petersburg covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 1,406 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Petersburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Petersburg is in
All of Petersburg's residents live in Grant County, which had 10,971 residents in 2024. Petersburg holds 20.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Petersburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Petersburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26847. 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 Petersburg is
The Census internal point of Petersburg is at 38.995700, -79.127700. Charleston, the capital, is 141.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Moorefield, WV (2,679 people), 10.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 109.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.995700, -79.127700
- DMS
- 38°59'44.52"N 79°07'39.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 662141.6E 4317966.8N
- Geohash
- dnztz6uyq
- Plus code
- 87C2XVWC+7W
Daylight in Petersburg
At 39.00° N, Petersburg gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Petersburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Moorefield, 10.2 miles away, with 2,679 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Petersburg, WV?
2,277 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (1.0%) from 2,300 in July 2020.
What county is Petersburg in?
Grant County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Petersburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26847.
How far is Petersburg from Charleston?
141.6 miles (227.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Petersburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Petersburg?
Moorefield, WV, with 2,679 residents, 10.2 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.