West Virginia · Census place 5473468

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Shepherdstown is a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,524 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 68th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,524
#68 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-4 people
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
3,810 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Shepherdstown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Shepherdstown population, 2020 to 2024

Shepherdstown lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,530. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shepherdstown covers 0.40 square miles of land, for 3,810 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Shepherdstown is denser than the typical town.

What county Shepherdstown is in

All of Shepherdstown's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 61,264 residents in 2024. Shepherdstown holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shepherdstown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shepherdstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 25443. 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 Shepherdstown is

The Census internal point of Shepherdstown is at 39.431900, -77.804700. Charleston, the capital, is 218.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Boonsboro, MD (3,850 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 55.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.431900, -77.804700
DMS
39°25'54.84"N 77°48'16.92"W
UTM
18N 258600.7E 4368461.2N
Geohash
dr08md277
Plus code
87F4C5JW+Q4

Daylight in Shepherdstown

At 39.43° N, Shepherdstown 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 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shepherdstown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ranson, 9.4 miles away, with 6,035 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shepherdstown, WV?

1,524 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4 (0.3%) from 1,528 in July 2020.

What county is Shepherdstown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Shepherdstown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25443.

How far is Shepherdstown from Charleston?

218.3 miles (351.3 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Shepherdstown.

What is the nearest larger city to Shepherdstown?

Boonsboro, MD, with 3,850 residents, 9.3 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.