List of census-designated places in West Virginia

The Pocahontas Fuel Company owned the Itmann Company Store and Office (pictured), located in the company town of Itmann. Designed by Alex B. Mahood, the store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The town and store both take their names from Pocahontas Fuel president I. T. Mann.

The United States Census Bureau separates places by incorporation for statistical purposes during its decennial census. To incorporate, communities may need to meet statutory requirements made by their respective state, such as thresholds in population or specificities relative to location. Federally, the Census Bureau defines incorporated places as areas, whose boundaries do not cross state lines, that "provide governmental functions for a concentration of people", as opposed to "minor civil [divisions], which generally ... provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population". Unincorporated communities, classified as census-designated places (CDPs), lack elected municipal officers and boundaries with legal status. The Bureau identified 169 CDPs in the state of West Virginia at the 2010 census.

The Municipal Code of West Virginia, which governs incorporation, requires applicant municipal corporations (places for incorporation) that cover an area more than 1 square mile (2.6 km²) to have a minimum of 500 inhabitants or freeholders per square mile, and those under 1 square mile to have at least 100 inhabitants or freeholders. Applicant areas must not reside within a municipality "urban in character", nor claim an area "disproportionate to its number of inhabitants". Upon approval, the state classifies municipal corporations as a Class I city, with a population of more than fifty thousand, a Class II city, with a population between ten thousand and fifty thousand, a Class III city, with a population between two thousand and ten thousand, or a Class IV town or village, with a population of less than two thousand. All municipalities can "use a common seal", defend, maintain, or institute a proceeding in court, and hold, take, purchase, or lease, as lessee, property for municipal purposes.

Of the fifty-five counties in West Virginia, Logan is home to the most CDPs, with twenty-two, followed by Fayette, with eighteen, and Raleigh, with fifteen. The largest CDP by population is Teays Valley, with 13,175 residents, while Bowden, with 9 residents over 0.12 square miles (0.31 km²), represents the state's smallest CDP by both population and area. Upper Falls, which spans 17.18 square miles (44.5 km²), constitutes the largest West Virginian CDP by area.

Census-designated places

CDPs in West Virginia

Town	County(ies)	2010 population	Total area in square miles (square kilometers)	Coordinates
Accoville	Logan	574	3.27 sq mi (8.5 km2)
Alum Creek	Lincoln Kanawha	1,749	10.26 sq mi (26.6 km2)
Amherstdale	Logan	350	2.97 sq mi (7.7 km2)
Amherstdale-Robinette	Logan	1,785	17.80 sq mi (46.1 km2)
Apple Grove	Mason	204	2.46 sq mi (6.4 km2)
Aurora	Preston	201	2.11 sq mi (5.5 km2)
Bartley	McDowell	224	1.16 sq mi (3.0 km2)
Bartow	Pocahontas	111	0.46 sq mi (1.2 km2)
Beards Fork	Fayette	199	1.68 sq mi (4.4 km2)
Beaver	Raleigh	1,308	4.39 sq mi (11.4 km2)
Belva	Nicholas	95	0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2)
Bergoo	Webster	94	0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2)
Berwind	McDowell	278	0.30 sq mi (0.78 km2)
Big Chimney	Kanawha	627	2.06 sq mi (5.3 km2)
Big Creek	Logan	237	0.58 sq mi (1.5 km2)
Big Sandy	McDowell	168	0.55 sq mi (1.4 km2)
Birch River	Nicholas	107	0.38 sq mi (0.98 km2)
Blennerhassett	Wood	3,089	4.99 sq mi (12.9 km2)
Bluewell	Mercer	2,184	4.52 sq mi (11.7 km2)
Boaz	Wood	1,297	4.48 sq mi (11.6 km2)
Bolt	Raleigh	548	5.45 sq mi (14.1 km2)
Boomer	Fayette	615	1.48 sq mi (3.8 km2)
Bowden	Randolph	9	0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2)
Bradley	Raleigh	2,040	4.24 sq mi (11.0 km2)
Brandywine	Pendleton	218	0.49 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Brenton	Wyoming	249	0.64 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Brookhaven	Monongalia	5,171	9.28 sq mi (24.0 km2)
Bruno	Logan	544	1.32 sq mi (3.4 km2)
Brush Fork	Mercer	1,197	1.90 sq mi (4.9 km2)
Bud	Wyoming	487	3.15 sq mi (8.2 km2)
Burlington	Mineral	182	1.23 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Carolina	Marion	411	0.83 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Cass	Pocahontas	52	0.79 sq mi (2.0 km2)
Cassville	Monongalia	701	3.55 sq mi (9.2 km2)
Century	Barbour	115	0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2)
Charlton Heights	Fayette	406	0.49 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Chattaroy	Mingo	756	2.04 sq mi (5.3 km2)
Chauncey	Logan	283	1.45 sq mi (3.8 km2)
Cheat Lake	Monongalia	7,988	15.83 sq mi (41.0 km2)
Chelyan	Kanawha	776	0.43 sq mi (1.1 km2)
Coal City	Raleigh	1,815	6.31 sq mi (16.3 km2)
Coal Fork	Kanawha	1,233	5.15 sq mi (13.3 km2)
Comfort	Boone	306	1.00 sq mi (2.6 km2)
Corinne	Wyoming	362	0.39 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Covel	Wyoming	142	0.21 sq mi (0.54 km2)
Crab Orchard	Raleigh	2,678	2.24 sq mi (5.8 km2)
Craigsville	Nicholas	2,213	6.09 sq mi (15.8 km2)
Cross Lanes	Kanawha	9,995	6.42 sq mi (16.6 km2)
Crum	Wayne	182	0.51 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Crumpler	McDowell	204	1.50 sq mi (3.9 km2)
Cucumber	McDowell	94	0.45 sq mi (1.2 km2)
Culloden	Cabell Putnam	3,061	4.23 sq mi (11.0 km2)
Dailey	Randolph	114	0.51 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Daniels	Raleigh	1,881	4.64 sq mi (12.0 km2)
Deep Water	Fayette	280	0.99 sq mi (2.6 km2)
Despard	Harrison	1,004	1.47 sq mi (3.8 km2)
Dixie	Nicholas Fayette	291	0.73 sq mi (1.9 km2)
East Dailey	Randolph	557	1.05 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Eccles	Raleigh	362	0.69 sq mi (1.8 km2)
Elkview	Kanawha	1,222	1.75 sq mi (4.5 km2)
Enterprise	Harrison	961	2.94 sq mi (7.6 km2)
Fairlea	Greenbrier	1,747	3.74 sq mi (9.7 km2)
Falling Waters	Berkeley	876	1.25 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Falls View	Fayette	238	0.41 sq mi (1.1 km2)
Fenwick	Nicholas	116	0.15 sq mi (0.39 km2)
Fort Ashby	Mineral	1,380	3.57 sq mi (9.2 km2)
Frank	Pocahontas	90	0.38 sq mi (0.98 km2)
Gallipolis Ferry	Mason	817	2.77 sq mi (7.2 km2)
Galloway	Barbour	143	0.63 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Ghent	Raleigh	457	1.61 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Gilbert Creek	Mingo	1,090	11.57 sq mi (30.0 km2)
Glen Ferris	Fayette	203	1.63 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Glen Fork	Wyoming	487	3.09 sq mi (8.0 km2)
Glen Jean	Fayette	210	0.23 sq mi (0.60 km2)
Glen White	Raleigh	266	0.51 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Great Cacapon	Morgan	386	0.86 sq mi (2.2 km2)
Green Bank	Pocahontas	143	3.28 sq mi (8.5 km2)
Green Spring	Hampshire	218	2.20 sq mi (5.7 km2)
Greenview	Boone	378	1.02 sq mi (2.6 km2)
Gypsy	Harrison	328	0.78 sq mi (2.0 km2)
Harts	Logan	656	9.31 sq mi (24.1 km2)
Helen	Raleigh	219	0.24 sq mi (0.62 km2)
Helvetia	Randolph	59	1.81 sq mi (4.7 km2)
Henlawson	Logan	442	0.83 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Hepzibah	Harrison	566	0.92 sq mi (2.4 km2)
Hico	Fayette	272	5.02 sq mi (13.0 km2)
Hilltop	Fayette	624	0.65 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Holden	Logan	876	3.73 sq mi (9.7 km2)
Hometown	Putnam	668	0.80 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Hooverson Heights	Brooke	2,590	2.31 sq mi (6.0 km2)
Huntersville	Pocahontas	73	1.13 sq mi (2.9 km2)
Idamay	Marion	611	0.88 sq mi (2.3 km2)
Inwood	Berkeley	2,954	2.85 sq mi (7.4 km2)
Itmann	Wyoming	293	1.01 sq mi (2.6 km2)
Jacksonburg	Wetzel	182	1.50 sq mi (3.9 km2)
Jefferson	Kanawha	676	0.55 sq mi (1.4 km2)
Justice	Mingo	412	1.38 sq mi (3.6 km2)
Kimberly	Fayette	287	0.89 sq mi (2.3 km2)
Kincaid	Fayette	260	0.87 sq mi (2.3 km2)
Kistler	Logan	528	1.49 sq mi (3.9 km2)
Kopperston	Wyoming	616	1.92 sq mi (5.0 km2)
Lashmeet	Mercer	479	0.75 sq mi (1.9 km2)
Lavalette	Wayne	1,073	2.61 sq mi (6.8 km2)
Lesage	Cabell	1,358	7.23 sq mi (18.7 km2)
Littleton	Wetzel	198	0.67 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Lubeck	Wood	1,311	4.26 sq mi (11.0 km2)
MacArthur	Raleigh	1,500	3.00 sq mi (7.8 km2)
Mallory	Logan	1,654	0.34 sq mi (0.88 km2)
Matheny	Wyoming	531	3.52 sq mi (9.1 km2)
Maybeury	McDowell	234	1.67 sq mi (4.3 km2)
McConnell	Logan	514	0.34 sq mi (0.88 km2)
Middleway	Jefferson	441	1.12 sq mi (2.9 km2)
Minden	Fayette	250	0.49 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Mineralwells	Wood	1,950	1.55 sq mi (4.0 km2)
Monaville	Logan	309	0.46 sq mi (1.2 km2)
Montcalm	Mercer	726	2.74 sq mi (7.1 km2)
Mount Carbon	Fayette	428	0.24 sq mi (0.62 km2)
Mount Gay-Shamrock	Logan	1,779	7.56 sq mi (19.6 km2)
Neibert	Logan	183	0.63 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Nettie	Nicholas	568	3.15 sq mi (8.2 km2)
Newell	Hancock	1,376	0.94 sq mi (2.4 km2)
New Richmond	Wyoming	238	0.45 sq mi (1.2 km2)
Omar	Logan	552	1.14 sq mi (3.0 km2)
Page	Fayette	224	0.44 sq mi (1.1 km2)
Pageton	McDowell	187	1.22 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Pea Ridge	Cabell	6,650	2.35 sq mi (6.1 km2)
Pentress	Monongalia	175	0.61 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Pickens	Randolph	66	2.03 sq mi (5.3 km2)
Pinch	Kanawha	3,262	3.59 sq mi (9.3 km2)
Piney View	Raleigh	989	4.08 sq mi (10.6 km2)
Powellton	Fayette	619	5.35 sq mi (13.9 km2)
Prichard	Wayne	527	1.26 sq mi (3.3 km2)
Prince	Fayette	116	2.02 sq mi (5.2 km2)
Prosperity	Raleigh	1,498	2.46 sq mi (6.4 km2)
Rachel	Marion	248	0.35 sq mi (0.91 km2)
Racine	Boone	256	0.51 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Rand	Kanawha	1,631	0.46 sq mi (1.2 km2)
Raysal	McDowell	465	1.24 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Reader	Wetzel	397	0.95 sq mi (2.5 km2)
Red Jacket	Mingo	581	5.26 sq mi (13.6 km2)
Robinette	Logan	663	3.02 sq mi (7.8 km2)
Roderfield	McDowell	188	0.28 sq mi (0.73 km2)
Rossmore	Logan	301	0.63 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Salt Rock	Cabell	388	3.14 sq mi (8.1 km2)
Sarah Ann	Logan	345	1.83 sq mi (4.7 km2)
Scarbro	Fayette	486	0.68 sq mi (1.8 km2)
Shady Spring	Raleigh	2,998	6.14 sq mi (15.9 km2)
Shannondale	Jefferson	3,358	8.74 sq mi (22.6 km2)
Shenandoah Junction	Jefferson	703	1.01 sq mi (2.6 km2)
Shrewsbury	Kanawha	652	0.44 sq mi (1.1 km2)
Sissonville	Kanawha	4,028	12.84 sq mi (33.3 km2)
Spelter	Harrison	346	0.49 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Springfield	Hampshire	477	1.34 sq mi (3.5 km2)
Stanaford	Raleigh	1,350	1.92 sq mi (5.0 km2)
Stollings	Logan	316	0.38 sq mi (0.98 km2)
Switzer	Logan	595	2.36 sq mi (6.1 km2)
Teays Valley	Putnam	13,175	7.27 sq mi (18.8 km2)
Tioga	Nicholas	98	0.62 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Twilight	Boone	90	0.50 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Upper Falls	Kanawha	3,701	17.18 sq mi (44.5 km2)
Valley Bend	Randolph	485	1.41 sq mi (3.7 km2)
Valley Head	Randolph	267	0.98 sq mi (2.5 km2)
Van	Boone	211	0.61 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Verdunville	Logan	689	2.67 sq mi (6.9 km2)
Vivian	McDowell	82	0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2)
Washington	Wood	1,175	4.38 sq mi (11.3 km2)
Waverly	Wood	395	1.48 sq mi (3.8 km2)
Whitmer	Randolph	106	0.42 sq mi (1.1 km2)
Wiley Ford	Mineral	1,026	2.88 sq mi (7.5 km2)
Wolf Summit	Harrison	272	0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2)

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  The Birch River, located in the town of the same name, is a tributary of the Elk River.

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  The houses of Boomer, as seen from across the Kanawha River in May 1975

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  A child returning to school with an ice cream cone in Chattaroy. Photographed as a part of the DOCUMERICA series, which aimed to "photographically document subjects of environmental concern", the image's title states that Chattaroy "[had] no industry" and that "most of the people [survived] on welfare, pensions, Social Security, and black lung benefits" in April 1974.

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  The Coal City Club in Coal City, pictured in June 1974; some miners outside were "hunkering down", a "familiar stance to all miners who use this posture in the mine shafts which have low ceilings".

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  The Bank of Glen Jean in the town of the same name was constructed in 1909.

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  Otterbein United Methodist Church in Green Spring

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  The Daniel Fry House in Middleway

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  A DOCUMERICA image of Rand, with "much of its population living in poverty" in June 1973

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  The Red Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coke Company constructed Red Jacket (pictured) in 1905.

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  A post office in Shenandoah Junction

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  The Peerless Coal Company Store in Vivian was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

The community of Corinne, West Virginia

See also

• List of cities in West Virginia
• List of towns in West Virginia
• List of villages in West Virginia