Shinnston, West Virginia

Shinnston population, 2020 to 2024

Shinnston lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

Shinnston covers 1.67 square miles of land, for 1,352 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Shinnston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Shinnston is in

All of Shinnston's residents live in Harrison County, which had 64,472 residents in 2024. Shinnston holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shinnston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shinnston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26431. 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 Shinnston is

The Census internal point of Shinnston is at 39.392300, -80.299000. Charleston, the capital, is 101.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bridgeport, WV (9,397 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 74.4 miles away.

Daylight in Shinnston

At 39.39° N, Shinnston 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 Shinnston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Monongah, 6.2 miles away, with 1,046 people.