Terra Alta, West Virginia

Terra Alta population, 2020 to 2024

Terra Alta lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

Terra Alta covers 1.19 square miles of land, for 1,187 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Terra Alta is less dense than the typical town.

What county Terra Alta is in

All of Terra Alta's residents live in Preston County, which had 34,055 residents in 2024. Terra Alta holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Terra Alta

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Terra Alta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 26764. 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 Terra Alta is

The Census internal point of Terra Alta is at 39.444300, -79.543600. Charleston, the capital, is 135.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kingwood, WV (2,953 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 72.5 miles away.

Daylight in Terra Alta

At 39.44° N, Terra Alta 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 Terra Alta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Kingwood, 7.6 miles away, with 2,953 people.