West Virginia · Census place 5487556

Williamstown, West Virginia

Williamstown is a city in Wood County, West Virginia with an estimated 2,951 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,951
#40 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-41 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
+ 0.32 sq mi water
Density
1,981 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Williamstown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Williamstown population, 2020 to 2024

Williamstown lost 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,994. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Williamstown covers 1.49 square miles of land and 0.32 of water, for 1,981 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Williamstown is close to the typical town.

What county Williamstown is in

All of Williamstown's residents live in Wood County, which had 82,757 residents in 2024. Williamstown holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Williamstown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Williamstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26187. 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 Williamstown is

The Census internal point of Williamstown is at 39.398300, -81.454600. Charleston, the capital, is 73.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marietta, OH (13,039 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 90.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.398300, -81.454600
DMS
39°23'53.88"N 81°27'16.56"W
UTM
17N 460857.0E 4361076.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FW9GXW+85

Daylight in Williamstown

At 39.40° N, Williamstown 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 Williamstown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Vienna, 6.6 miles away, with 10,406 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Williamstown, WV?

2,951 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 41 (1.4%) from 2,992 in July 2020.

What county is Williamstown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Williamstown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26187.

How far is Williamstown from Charleston?

73.9 miles (118.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Williamstown.

What is the nearest larger city to Williamstown?

Marietta, OH, with 13,039 residents, 1.8 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.