Charleston
Charleston, established in 1794, is the state capital of West Virginia. With a population of about 49,000 in 2020, Charleston is the largest city in West Virginia.Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: City with 50,800 residents
- Description: capital city of West Virginia, United States
- Postal codes: 25301, 25302, 25304-25306, 25311-25315, 25317, 25320-25339, 25350, 25356-25358, 25360-25362, 25364, 25365, 25375, 25387, 25389, 25392 and 25396
Notable Places in the Area
Charleston station
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Charleston station is an active intercity railroad station in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
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The Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is a cathedral church and a minor basilica located in Charleston, West Virginia, United States.
Charleston Municipal Auditorium
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Charleston Municipal Auditorium is a public auditorium in Charleston, West Virginia, as part of the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center.
Localities in the Area
Hillsdale
Hillsdale is a large community/residential area in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States and is part of the Charleston area, but stretches past city limits.East Side
East Side is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.Edgewood
Edgewood is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.Charleston
Latitude
38.3506° or 38° 21' 2" northLongitude
-81.6333° or 81° 37' 60" westPopulation
50,800Elevation
182 metres (597 feet)IATA airport code
CRWUnited Nations Location Code
US CRWOpen Location Code
86CW9928+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 154283978OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
4801859Wikidata ID
Q44564Charleston Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Charleston, Wes-Virginië
- Afrikaans: Charleston
- Albanian: Charleston (West Virginia)
- Albanian: Charleston
- Arabic: Charleston, West Virginia
- Arabic: تشارلستون
- Arabic: تشارلستون، فرجينيا الغربية
- Arabic: تشارلستون، فيرجينيا الغربيه
- Arabic: تشارلستون، وست فرجينيا
- Arabic: تشارلستون، وست ڤرجينيا
- Arabic: تشارليستون، فرجينيا الغربية
- Aragonese: Charleston
- Armenian: Չարլսթոն
- Asturian: Charleston
- Azerbaijani: Çarlston (Qərbi Virciniya)
- Azerbaijani: Çarlston
- Basque: Charleston
- Belarusian: Чарлстан (Заходняя Віргінія)
- Belarusian: Чарлстан
- Belarusian: Чарльстан
- Bengali: চার্লসটন, ওয়েস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া
- Bosnian: Charleston, West Virginia
- Bosnian: Charleston
- Breton: Charleston
- Bulgarian: Чарлстън
- Catalan: Charleston, West Virginia
- Catalan: Charleston
- Cebuano: Charleston (kapital sa estado)
- Cebuano: Charleston
- Chechen: Чарлстон (Малхбузен Вирджини)
- Chechen: Чарлстон
- Chinese: Charleston
- Chinese: 查尔斯顿
- Chinese: 查爾斯頓
- Chinese: 查理斯頓
- Cornish: Charleston, Virjynni West
- Cornish: Charleston, Vyrjynia West
- Cornish: Charleston
- Czech: Charleston
- Danish: Charleston, West Virginia
- Danish: Charleston
- Dimli (individual language): Charleston, West Virginia
- Dutch: Charleston
- Egyptian Arabic: تشارلستون
- English: Charleston, WV
- English: Charleston, West Virginia
- Esperanto: Charleston, Okcidenta Virginio
- Esperanto: Charleston
- Estonian: Charleston
- Faroese: Charleston
- Finnish: Charleston
- French: Charleston
- Galician: Charleston, Virxinia Occidental
- Georgian: ჩარლსტონი
- German: Charleston
- German: Charleston, WV
- German: Charleston, West Virginia
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌻𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌽, 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰
- Greek: Τσάρλεστον
- Greek: Τσάρλστον
- Gujarati: ચાર્લસ્ટન
- Gujarati: ચાર્લ્સ્ટન
- Hebrew: צ'ארלסטון
- Hebrew: צארלסטון
- Hindi: चार्ल्सटन
- Hungarian: Charleston, West Virginia
- Hungarian: Charleston
- Icelandic: Charleston (Vestur-Virginíu)
- Ido: Charleston
- Iloko: Charleston
- Indonesian: Charleston, Virginia Barat
- Indonesian: Charleston, West Virginia
- Indonesian: Charleston
- Interlingua: Charleston
- Interlingue: Charleston
- Irish: Charleston, Virginia Thiar
- Italian: Charleston
- Japanese: チャールストン
- Kannada: ಚಾರ್ಲ್ಸ್ಟನ್
- Kirghiz: Чарлстон
- Korean: 찰스턴
- Kurdish: Charleston
- Ladin: Charleston (West Virginia)
- Ladin: Charleston
- Lao: Charleston, West Virginia
- Latin: Carolopolis
- Latvian: Čārlstona
- Ligurian: Charleston
- Lithuanian: Čarlstonas
- Lombard: Charleston, West Virginia
- Macedonian: Чарлстон
- Malagasy: Charleston, West Virginia
- Malay: Charleston, Virginia Barat
- Malay: Charleston
- Malayalam: ചാൾസ്റ്റൺ, പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ വിർജീനിയ
- Malayalam: ചാൾസ്റ്റൺ
- Marathi: चार्लस्टन, वेस्ट व्हर्जिनिया
- Marathi: चार्ल्स्टन
- Min Nan Chinese: Charleston, West Virginia
- Mingrelian: ჩარლსტონი (ბჟადალი ვირჯინია)
- Mingrelian: ჩარლსტონი
- Moroccan Arabic: شارلستون
- Navajo: Dzeeh Bitooh
- Nepali: चार्ल्सतन, वेस्त भर्जिनिया
- Newari: चार्ल्सटन
- Norwegian: Charleston
- Norwegian Bokmål: Charleston, West Virginia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Charleston
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Charleston
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Charleston i Vest-Virginia
- Occitan (post 1500): Charleston
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Charleston, Ƿest Virginia
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Ċeorlestūn
- Ossetian: Чарлстон
- Ossetian: Чарльстон
- Pali: चार्ल्सटन
- Papiamento: Charleston, West Virginia
- Persian: چارلستون
- Persian: چارلستون، ویرجینیای غربی
- Piemontese: Charleston (Virginia Ossidental)
- Piemontese: Charleston
- Polish: Charleston
- Portuguese: Charleston
- Portuguese: Charleston, Virgínia Ocidental
- Quechua: Charleston
- Romanian: Charleston, Virginia de Vest
- Romanian: Charleston, west virginia
- Russian: Чарлстон, Западная Вирджиния
- Russian: Чарлстон
- Russian: Чарльстон
- Samogitian: Čarlstons
- Sanskrit: चार्ल्सटन्
- Sardinian: Charleston
- Scots: Charleston, Wast Virginie
- Scots: Charleston
- Serbian: Чарлстон
- Serbo-Croatian: Charleston, West Virginia
- Serbo-Croatian: Charleston
- Sicilian: Charleston
- Silesian: Charleston (Zachodńo Wirgińijo)
- Silesian: Charleston
- Sinhala: චර්ල්ස්ටන්
- Sinhala: චාර්ල්ස්ටන්
- Slovak: Charleston
- Slovenian: Charleston
- Spanish: Charleston
- Spanish: Charleston (Virginia Occidental)
- Swahili: Charleston, West Virginia
- Swedish: Charleston, West Virginia
- Swedish: Charleston
- Tagalog: Charleston, West Virginia
- Tagalog: Charleston
- Tamil: சார்ல்ஸ்டன்
- Tatar: Чарлстон (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)
- Tatar: Чарлстон
- Telugu: చార్లెస్టన్
- Thai: ชารล์สตัน
- Thai: ชาร์ลสตัน
- Tumbuka: Charleston, West Virginia
- Turkish: Charleston, Batı Virginia
- Ukrainian: Чарлстон
- Ukrainian: Чарльстон
- Urdu: چارلسٹن، مغربی ورجینیا
- Vietnamese: Charleston, Tây Virginia
- Vietnamese: Charleston, West Virginia
- Vietnamese: Charleston
- Volapük: Charleston, West Virginia
- Volapük: Charleston
- Waray (Philippines): Charleston, West Virginia
- Welsh: Charleston, Gorllewin Virginia
- Western Frisian: Charleston
- Western Mari: Чарлстон
- Western Panjabi: چارلسٹن
- Wu Chinese: 查尔斯顿 (西弗吉尼亚州)
- Yue Chinese: 查理斯頓
- Charles Town
- Charleston, Westal Virginia
- Charleston-on-the-Kanawha
- Charlestown
- Clendenin's Settlement
- Clendenins Fort
- Clendenins Settlement
- Fort Clendennin
- Fort Lee
- Kanawha
- Kanawha Court House
- Mouth of Elk
- The Town at the Mouth of Elk
- 查尔斯顿(西弗吉尼亚州)
Other Places Named Charleston
Localities in the Area
- Elk City Historic DistrictQuarter
- South HillsNeighbourhood
- Fort HillNeighbourhood
- East EndQuarter
- Loudon HeightsNeighbourhood
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