List of census-designated places in West Virginia

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 205 CDPs in the state of West Virginia at the 2020 census.

The Municipal Code of West Virginia, which governs incorporation, requires applicant municipal corporations (places for incorporation) that cover an area more than 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".West Virginia Code §8-2-1 . Updated through the 2014 1st Special Session. 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.West Virginia Code §8-1-3 . Updated through the 2014 1st Special Session. 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.West Virginia Code §8-12-1 . Updated through the 2014 1st Special Session.

Of the fifty-five counties in West Virginia, Logan is home to the most CDPs, with twenty-five, followed by Fayette, with twenty, and Raleigh, with eighteen. The largest CDP by population is Teays Valley, with 14,350 residents, while Bowden, with 0 residents over , represents the state's smallest CDP by both population and area.

Census-designated places + CDPs in West VirginiaTownCounty(ies)2020 populationTotal area in square miles (square kilometers)CoordinatesAccovilleLogan599AdrianUpshur120 Alum CreekLincoln Kanawha1,595AmherstdaleLogan350Apple GroveMason187ArobovalePocahontas134ArthurdalePreston755AuroraPreston200BartleyMcDowell146BartowPocahontas64BaxterMarion153Beards ForkFayette127BeaverRaleigh1,129BelvaNicholas78BergooWebster64BerwindMcDowell188Big ChimneyKanawha629Big CreekLogan195Big SandyMcDowell198Birch RiverNicholas86BlennerhassettWood3,118BluewellMercer2,162BoazWood1,321BoltRaleigh518BoomerFayette599BoothMonongalia156BowdenRandolph0BradleyRaleigh1,928BrandywinePendleton178BrentonWyoming194BrookhavenMonongalia5,707BrunoLogan483Brush ForkMercer1,065BudWyoming347BurlingtonMineral131CarolinaMarion390CassPocahontas38CassvilleMonongalia900CenturyBarbour111Charlton HeightsFayette307ChattaroyMingo641ChaunceyLogan234Cheat LakeMonongalia9,930ChelyanKanawha681CliftonMason392Coal CityRaleigh1,689Coal ForkKanawha1,039ColcordRaleigh103ColliersBrooke15ComfortBoone320CorinneWyoming318CottagevilleJackson257CovelWyoming85Crab OrchardRaleigh2,416CraigsvilleNicholas2,173Crooked CreekLogan273Cross LanesKanawha9,727CrumWayne136CrumplerMcDowell151CucumberMcDowell74CullodenCabell Putnam3,016CunardFayette98DaileyRandolph106DanielsRaleigh1,654Deep WaterFayette183DespardHarrison794DixieNicholas Fayette227DorothyRaleigh112Dupont CityKanawha455EarlingLogan76East DaileyRandolph469East ViewHarrison817EcclesRaleigh334ElkviewKanawha1,116EnterpriseHarrison805EskdaleKanawha283FairleaGreenbrier1,720Falling WatersBerkeley1,440Falls ViewFayette193FenwickNicholas69Fort AshbyMineral1,289FrankPocahontas79Gallipolis FerryMason735GallowayBarbour127GartenFayette204GatewoodFayette390GhentRaleigh582Gilbert CreekMingo1,136Glen FerrisFayette174Glen ForkWyoming457Glen JeanFayette90Glen WhiteRaleigh245Great CacaponMorgan315Green BankPocahontas141Green SpringHampshire250GreenviewBoone333GreenvilleLogan243GypsyHarrison197HartsLincoln573HelenRaleigh137HelvetiaRandolph38HenlawsonLogan353HepzibahHarrison387HicoFayette239HilltopFayette528HinklevilleUpshur317HoldenLogan783HollygroveKanawha104HometownPutnam556Hooverson HeightsBrooke2,582HuntersvillePocahontas68IdamayMarion542InstituteKanawha690InwoodBerkeley3,426ItmannWyoming259JacksonburgWetzel114JeffersonKanawha527JusticeMingo313Justice AdditionLogan331KanawhaWood130KimberlyFayette213KincaidFayette191KistlerLogan420KopperstonWyoming569LashmeetMercer409LavaletteWayne932LesageCabell1,290LittletonWetzel103LubeckWood1,309MacArthurRaleigh1,376MaldenKanawha298MalloryLogan1,552MathenyWyoming446MatoakaMercer173MaybeuryMcDowell109McConnellLogan412MiddlewayJefferson403MineralwellsWood1,805MonavilleLogan302MontcalmMercer575Mount CarbonFayette341Mount Gay-ShamrockLogan1,440NeibertLogan205NettieNicholas291NewarkWirt424NewellHancock1,203New RichmondWyoming193OmarLogan416OsageMonongalia26PageFayette152PagetonMcDowell174ParcoalWebster130Pea RidgeCabell7,188Peach CreekLogan185PentressMonongalia135PickensRandolph41PinchKanawha2,914Piney ViewRaleigh902PowelltonFayette493PrichardWayne461PrinceFayette115ProsperityRaleigh1,345RachelMarion224RacineBoone267RaleighRaleigh168RandKanawha1,543Raymond CityPutnam116RaysalMcDowell364ReaderWetzel278Red JacketMingo525ReynoldsvilleHarrison339RobinetteLogan567Rock CaveUpshur364RoderfieldMcDowell62RossmoreLogan241Salt RockCabell373Sarah AnnLogan207ScarbroFayette461Shady SpringRaleigh3,169ShannondaleJefferson3,487Shenandoah JunctionJefferson635ShrewsburyKanawha517SissonvilleKanawha4,084SpelterHarrison244SpringfieldHampshire455StanafordRaleigh1,215St. GeorgeTucker74StollingsLogan310SwitzerLogan593Teays ValleyPutnam14,350TiogaNicholas79TornadoKanawha1,081TwilightBoone74Valley BendRandolph470Valley HeadRandolph207VanBoone177VerdunvilleLogan491VivianMcDowell85WallaceHarrison201WashingtonWood1,151WaverlyWood369West DunbarKanawha617WhitmerRandolph94Wiley FordMineral906Wolf SummitHarrison214

See also List of municipalities in West Virginia

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