West Virginia · Census place 5485972

Weston, West Virginia

Weston is a city in Lewis County, West Virginia with an estimated 3,758 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 34th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,758
#34 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-4.7%
-186 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,937 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Weston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

Weston population, 2020 to 2024

Weston lost 186 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.7%. In the latest year it moved by -41.

3,94420203,89520213,83920223,79920233,7582024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,950. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Weston covers 1.94 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,937 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Weston is close to the typical town.

What county Weston is in

All of Weston's residents live in Lewis County, which had 16,477 residents in 2024. Weston holds 22.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Weston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Weston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26452. 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 Weston is

The Census internal point of Weston is at 39.038800, -80.462200. Charleston, the capital, is 78.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Buckhannon, WV (5,049 people), 13.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 100.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.038800, -80.462200
DMS
39°02'19.68"N 80°27'43.92"W
UTM
17N 546543.7E 4321219.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FX2GQQ+G4

Daylight in Weston

At 39.04° N, Weston gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 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 Weston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Buckhannon, 13.0 miles away, with 5,049 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Weston, WV?

3,758 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 186 (4.7%) from 3,944 in July 2020.

What county is Weston in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Weston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26452.

How far is Weston from Charleston?

78.8 miles (126.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Weston.

What is the nearest larger city to Weston?

Buckhannon, WV, with 5,049 residents, 13.0 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)

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