# List of municipalities in West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 232 municipalities.

## Cities

* Largest municipalities in West Virginia by population
* Charleston, the capital of West Virginia and its most populous city
* Huntington
* Morgantown
* Parkersburg
* Weirton
* Wheeling
* Martinsburg
* Fairmont
* Beckley
* Clarksburg

## List of municipalities

   County seat  State capital and county seat
| 2023 Rank | City | Type | 2023 Estimate | 2020 Census | Change | County |
| 1 | Charleston †† | City | 46,838 | 48,864 | −4.15% | Kanawha |
| 2 | Huntington † | City | 45,325 | 46,842 | −3.24% | Cabell Wayne |
| 3 | Morgantown † | City | 30,429 | 30,347 | +0.27% | Monongalia |
| 4 | Parkersburg † | City | 29,025 | 29,738 | −2.40% | Wood |
| 5 | Wheeling † | City | 26,208 | 27,052 | −3.12% | Ohio Marshall |
| 6 | Martinsburg † | City | 18,935 | 18,777 | +0.84% | Berkeley |
| 7 | Weirton | City | 18,386 | 19,163 | −4.05% | Hancock Brooke |
| 8 | Fairmont † | City | 18,155 | 18,416 | −1.42% | Marion |
| 9 | Beckley † | City | 16,576 | 17,286 | −4.11% | Raleigh |
| 10 | Clarksburg † | City | 15,489 | 16,061 | −3.56% | Harrison |
| 11 | South Charleston | City | 13,281 | 13,647 | −2.68% | Kanawha |
| 12 | Vienna | City | 10,457 | 10,652 | −1.83% | Wood |
| 13 | St. Albans | City | 10,387 | 10,861 | −4.36% | Kanawha |
| 14 | Bridgeport | City | 9,377 | 9,336 | +0.44% | Harrison |
| 15 | Bluefield | City | 9,272 | 9,658 | −4.00% | Mercer |
| 16 | Oak Hill | City | 7,849 | 8,179 | −4.03% | Fayette |
| 17 | Moundsville † | City | 7,724 | 8,093 | −4.56% | Marshall |
| 18 | Charles Town † | City | 7,672 | 6,534 | +17.42% | Jefferson |
| 19 | Dunbar | City | 7,163 | 7,480 | −4.24% | Kanawha |
| 20 | Hurricane | City | 6,806 | 6,961 | −2.23% | Putnam |
| 21 | Elkins † | City | 6,755 | 6,934 | −2.58% | Randolph |
| 22 | Nitro | City | 6,426 | 6,624 | −2.99% | Kanawha Putnam |
| 23 | Ranson | Corporation | 5,699 | 5,433 | +4.90% | Jefferson |
| 24 | Princeton † | City | 5,642 | 5,872 | −3.92% | Mercer |
| 25 | New Martinsville † | City | 5,087 | 5,204 | −2.25% | Wetzel |
| 26 | Buckhannon † | City | 5,055 | 5,186 | −2.53% | Upshur |
| 27 | Keyser † | City | 4,843 | 4,864 | −0.43% | Mineral |
| 28 | Grafton † | City | 4,589 | 4,722 | −2.82% | Taylor |
| 29 | Barboursville | Village | 4,355 | 4,456 | −2.27% | Cabell |
| 30 | Westover | City | 4,043 | 3,955 | +2.23% | Monongalia |
| 31 | Point Pleasant † | City | 3,908 | 4,070 | −3.98% | Mason |
| 32 | Ravenswood | City | 3,819 | 3,865 | −1.19% | Jackson |
| 33 | Lewisburg † | City | 3,785 | 3,922 | −3.49% | Greenbrier |
| 34 | Weston † | City | 3,776 | 3,952 | −4.45% | Lewis |
| 35 | Pleasant Valley | City | 3,483 | 3,498 | −0.43% | Marion |
| 36 | Welch † | City | 3,414 | 3,590 | −4.90% | McDowell |
| 37 | Summersville † | City | 3,344 | 3,431 | −2.54% | Nicholas |
| 38 | Ripley † | City | 3,043 | 3,079 | −1.17% | Jackson |
| 39 | Kingwood † | City | 2,956 | 2,980 | −0.81% | Preston |
| 40 | Williamstown | City | 2,955 | 2,997 | −1.40% | Wood |
| 41 | Philippi † | City | 2,904 | 2,929 | −0.85% | Barbour |
| 42 | Kenova | City | 2,897 | 3,033 | −4.48% | Wayne |
| 43 | Williamson † | City | 2,831 | 3,083 | −8.17% | Mingo |
| 44 | Fayetteville † | Town | 2,804 | 2,887 | −2.87% | Fayette |
| 45 | Milton | Town | 2,755 | 2,811 | −1.99% | Cabell |
| 46 | Madison † | City | 2,742 | 2,913 | −5.87% | Boone |
| 47 | Follansbee | City | 2,692 | 2,848 | −5.48% | Brooke |
| 48 | Bethlehem | Village | 2,553 | 2,605 | −2.00% | Ohio |
| 49 | Moorefield † | Town | 2,487 | 2,524 | −1.47% | Hardy |
| 50 | Paden City | City | 2,408 | 2,541 | −5.23% | Wetzel Tyler |
| 51 | Winfield † | Town | 2,368 | 2,393 | −1.04% | Putnam |
| 52 | Wellsburg † | City | 2,302 | 2,450 | −6.04% | Brooke |
| 53 | Shinnston | City | 2,276 | 2,328 | −2.23% | Harrison |
| 54 | Petersburg † | City | 2,268 | 2,284 | −0.70% | Grant |
| 55 | White Sulphur Springs | City | 2,187 | 2,221 | −1.53% | Greenbrier |
| 56 | Hinton † | City | 2,142 | 2,245 | −4.59% | Summers |
| 57 | Chester | City | 2,113 | 2,208 | −4.30% | Hancock |
| 58 | Spencer † | City | 1,982 | 2,063 | −3.93% | Roane |
| 59 | Mannington | City | 1,916 | 1,952 | −1.84% | Marion |
| 60 | Belington | Town | 1,789 | 1,805 | −0.89% | Barbour |
| 61 | Star City | Town | 1,778 | 1,779 | −0.06% | Monongalia |
| 62 | St. Marys † | City | 1,762 | 1,831 | −3.77% | Pleasants |
| 63 | Stonewood | City | 1,759 | 1,798 | −2.17% | Harrison |
| 64 | Romney † | City | 1,753 | 1,724 | +1.68% | Hampshire |
| 65 | Richwood | City | 1,623 | 1,660 | −2.23% | Nicholas |
| 66 | McMechen | City | 1,613 | 1,697 | −4.95% | Marshall |
| 67 | Harrisville † | Town | 1,554 | 1,631 | −4.72% | Ritchie |
| 68 | Shepherdstown | Town | 1,537 | 1,531 | +0.39% | Jefferson |
| 69 | Ronceverte | City | 1,531 | 1,572 | −2.61% | Greenbrier |
| 70 | Eleanor | Town | 1,517 | 1,542 | −1.62% | Putnam |
| 71 | Salem | City | 1,482 | 1,529 | −3.07% | Harrison |
| 72 | Nutter Fort | Town | 1,454 | 1,493 | −2.61% | Harrison |
| 73 | West Liberty | Town | 1,441 | 1,454 | −0.89% | Ohio |
| 74 | Marmet | City | 1,435 | 1,504 | −4.59% | Kanawha |
| 75 | Glen Dale | City | 1,425 | 1,496 | −4.75% | Marshall |
| 76 | New Haven | Town | 1,418 | 1,476 | −3.93% | Mason |
| 77 | Terra Alta | Town | 1,413 | 1,415 | −0.14% | Preston |
| 78 | Wayne † | Town | 1,395 | 1,443 | −3.33% | Wayne |
| 79 | Oceana | Town | 1,389 | 1,449 | −4.14% | Wyoming |
| 80 | Mullens | City | 1,383 | 1,480 | −6.55% | Wyoming |
| 81 | Granville | Town | 1,371 | 1,355 | +1.18% | Monongalia |
| 82 | Ceredo | City | 1,341 | 1,408 | −4.76% | Wayne |
| 83 | Logan † | City | 1,337 | 1,439 | −7.09% | Logan |
| 84 | Sistersville | City | 1,327 | 1,412 | −6.02% | Tyler |
| 85 | Chesapeake | Town | 1,290 | 1,335 | −3.37% | Kanawha |
| 86 | Parsons † | City | 1,289 | 1,327 | −2.86% | Tucker |
| 87 | Mabscott | Town | 1,282 | 1,341 | −4.40% | Raleigh |
| 88 | Mount Hope | City | 1,276 | 1,125 | +13.42% | Fayette |
| 89 | Ansted | Town | 1,272 | 1,303 | −2.38% | Fayette |
| 90 | Montgomery | City | 1,224 | 1,275 | −4.00% | Fayette Kanawha |
| 91 | Buffalo | Town | 1,205 | 1,211 | −0.50% | Putnam |
| 92 | Barrackville | Town | 1,201 | 1,201 | 0.00% | Marion |
| 93 | Benwood | City | 1,191 | 1,252 | −4.87% | Marshall |
| 94 | Rainelle | Town | 1,159 | 1,190 | −2.61% | Greenbrier |
| 95 | Belle | Town | 1,106 | 1,169 | −5.39% | Kanawha |
| 96 | Sophia | Town | 1,082 | 1,130 | −4.25% | Raleigh |
| 97 | Glenville † | Town | 1,079 | 1,129 | −4.43% | Gilmer |
| 98 | Monongah | Town | 1,039 | 965 | +7.67% | Marion |
| 99 | Pennsboro | City | 1,014 | 1,054 | −3.80% | Ritchie |
| 100 | Bolivar | Town | 1,005 | 1,036 | −2.99% | Jefferson |
| 101 | Hamlin † | Town | 992 | 1,039 | −4.52% | Lincoln |
| 102 | New Cumberland † | City | 984 | 1,020 | −3.53% | Hancock |
| 103 | Marlinton † | Town | 969 | 998 | −2.91% | Pocahontas |
| 104 | Chapmanville | Town | 956 | 1,020 | −6.27% | Logan |
| 105 | Athens | Town | 942 | 962 | −2.08% | Mercer |
| 106 | Alderson | Town | 941 | 975 | −3.49% | Greenbrier Monroe |
| 107 | Poca | Town | 864 | 874 | −1.14% | Putnam |
| 108 | Clendenin | Town | 862 | 854 | +0.94% | Kanawha |
| 109 | Carpendale | Town | 847 | 860 | −1.51% | Mineral |
| 110 | Rupert | Town | 847 | 877 | −3.42% | Greenbrier |
| 111 | Sutton † | Town | 836 | 863 | −3.13% | Braxton |
| 112 | Belmont | City | 834 | 875 | −4.69% | Pleasants |
| 113 | Mason | Town | 834 | 866 | −3.70% | Mason |
| 114 | Cameron | City | 821 | 861 | −4.65% | Marshall |
| 115 | North Hills | Town | 817 | 834 | −2.04% | Wood |
| 116 | Rivesville | Town | 813 | 828 | −1.81% | Marion |
| 117 | East Bank | Town | 791 | 822 | −3.77% | Kanawha |
| 118 | Bethany | Town | 756 | 781 | −3.20% | Brooke |
| 119 | Berkeley Springs (Bath) † | Town | 752 | 753 | −0.13% | Morgan |
| 120 | Gassaway | Town | 734 | 759 | −3.29% | Braxton |
| 121 | Man | Town | 727 | 772 | −5.83% | Logan |
| 122 | Smithers | City | 709 | 754 | −5.97% | Fayette Kanawha |
| 123 | Gary | City | 703 | 773 | −9.06% | McDowell |
| 124 | White Hall | Town | 703 | 700 | +0.43% | Marion |
| 125 | Piedmont | Town | 701 | 718 | −2.37% | Mineral |
| 126 | Elizabeth † | Town | 698 | 724 | −3.59% | Wirt |
| 127 | Lumberport | Town | 695 | 717 | −3.07% | Harrison |
| 128 | Cedar Grove | Town | 691 | 718 | −3.76% | Kanawha |
| 129 | Webster Springs (Addison) † | Town | 689 | 731 | −5.75% | Webster |
| 130 | Glasgow | Town | 684 | 703 | −2.70% | Kanawha |
| 131 | Middlebourne † | Town | 678 | 717 | −5.44% | Tyler |
| 132 | Grant Town | Town | 674 | 685 | −1.61% | Marion |
| 133 | Fort Gay | Town | 661 | 675 | −2.07% | Wayne |
| 134 | Triadelphia | Town | 651 | 669 | −2.69% | Ohio |
| 135 | Danville | Town | 640 | 672 | −4.76% | Boone |
| 136 | West Union † | Town | 639 | 653 | −2.14% | Doddridge |
| 137 | Pineville † | Town | 610 | 645 | −5.43% | Wyoming |
| 138 | Beverly | Town | 602 | 622 | −3.22% | Randolph |
| 139 | Thomas | City | 602 | 611 | −1.47% | Tucker |
| 140 | Davis | Town | 581 | 600 | −3.17% | Tucker |
| 141 | Ridgeley | Town | 577 | 591 | −2.37% | Mineral |
| 142 | War | City | 559 | 623 | −10.27% | McDowell |
| 143 | Mill Creek | Town | 542 | 560 | −3.21% | Randolph |
| 144 | Gauley Bridge | Town | 530 | 553 | −4.16% | Fayette |
| 145 | Reedsville | Town | 526 | 530 | −0.75% | Preston |
| 146 | Beech Bottom | Village | 524 | 553 | −5.24% | Brooke |
| 147 | Masontown | Town | 505 | 510 | −0.98% | Preston |
| 148 | Anmoore | Town | 501 | 513 | −2.34% | Harrison |
| 149 | West Hamlin | Town | 500 | 524 | −4.58% | Lincoln |
| 150 | Hartford City | Town | 494 | 503 | −1.79% | Mason |
| 151 | Grantsville † | Town | 471 | 494 | −4.66% | Calhoun |
| 152 | Cowen | Town | 469 | 487 | −3.70% | Webster |
| 153 | Franklin † | Town | 468 | 495 | −5.45% | Pendleton |
| 154 | Pratt | Town | 461 | 483 | −4.55% | Kanawha |
| 155 | Clearview | Village | 459 | 472 | −2.75% | Ohio |
| 156 | Peterstown | Town | 449 | 448 | +0.22% | Monroe |
| 157 | West Milford | Town | 442 | 449 | −1.56% | Harrison |
| 158 | Rowlesburg | Town | 435 | 438 | −0.68% | Preston |
| 159 | Capon Bridge | Town | 422 | 420 | +0.48% | Hampshire |
| 160 | Union † | Town | 415 | 419 | −0.95% | Monroe |
| 161 | Paw Paw | Town | 410 | 410 | 0.00% | Morgan |
| 162 | Farmington | Town | 398 | 392 | +1.53% | Marion |
| 163 | Delbarton | Town | 395 | 422 | −6.40% | Mingo |
| 164 | Jane Lew | Town | 388 | 408 | −4.90% | Lewis |
| 165 | Bancroft | Town | 384 | 387 | −0.78% | Putnam |
| 166 | Matewan | Town | 381 | 412 | −7.52% | Mingo |
| 167 | Burnsville | Town | 380 | 394 | −3.55% | Braxton |
| 168 | Junior | Town | 376 | 384 | −2.08% | Barbour |
| 169 | Clay † | Town | 375 | 396 | −5.30% | Clay |
| 170 | West Logan | Town | 373 | 399 | −6.52% | Logan |
| 171 | Fairview | Town | 370 | 373 | −0.80% | Marion |
| 172 | Lost Creek | Town | 348 | 359 | −3.06% | Harrison |
| 173 | Pine Grove | Town | 344 | 363 | −5.23% | Wetzel |
| 174 | Windsor Heights | Village | 339 | 361 | −6.09% | Brooke |
| 175 | Whitesville | Town | 337 | 361 | −6.65% | Boone |
| 176 | Lester | Town | 326 | 338 | −3.55% | Raleigh |
| 177 | Meadow Bridge | Town | 314 | 324 | −3.09% | Fayette |
| 178 | Gilbert | Town | 311 | 333 | −6.61% | Mingo |
| 179 | Flemington | Town | 304 | 309 | −1.62% | Taylor |
| 180 | Hedgesville | Town | 301 | 300 | +0.33% | Berkeley |
| 181 | Mitchell Heights | Town | 299 | 314 | −4.78% | Logan |
| 182 | Kermit | Town | 294 | 317 | −7.26% | Mingo |
| 183 | Tunnelton | Town | 291 | 296 | −1.69% | Preston |
| 184 | Harpers Ferry | Town | 268 | 269 | −0.37% | Jefferson |
| 185 | Bramwell | Town | 265 | 276 | −3.99% | Mercer |
| 186 | Valley Grove | Village | 265 | 275 | −3.64% | Ohio |
| 187 | Wardensville | Town | 262 | 269 | −2.60% | Hardy |
| 188 | Newburg | Town | 258 | 259 | −0.39% | Preston |
| 189 | Flatwoods | Town | 257 | 264 | −2.65% | Braxton |
| 190 | Kimball | Town | 253 | 145 | +74.48% | McDowell |
| 191 | Durbin | Town | 249 | 231 | +7.79% | Pocahontas |
| 192 | Albright | Town | 246 | 249 | −1.20% | Preston |
| 193 | Ellenboro | Town | 243 | 221 | +9.95% | Ritchie |
| 194 | Hundred | Town | 242 | 255 | −5.10% | Wetzel |
| 195 | Iaeger | Town | 230 | 257 | −10.51% | McDowell |
| 196 | Hillsboro | Town | 227 | 232 | −2.16% | Pocahontas |
| 197 | Henderson | Town | 221 | 228 | −3.07% | Mason |
| 198 | Hendricks | Town | 220 | 228 | −3.51% | Tucker |
| 199 | Handley | Town | 214 | 223 | −4.04% | Kanawha |
| 200 | Quinwood | Town | 213 | 222 | −4.05% | Greenbrier |
| 201 | Hambleton | Town | 211 | 218 | −3.21% | Tucker |
| 202 | Northfork | Town | 208 | 231 | −9.96% | McDowell |
| 203 | Elk Garden | Town | 207 | 212 | −2.36% | Mineral |
| 204 | Bayard | Town | 193 | 201 | −3.98% | Grant |
| 205 | Davy | Town | 189 | 209 | −9.57% | McDowell |
| 206 | Womelsdorf (Coalton) | Town | 185 | 189 | −2.12% | Randolph |
| 207 | Bradshaw | Town | 183 | 207 | −11.59% | McDowell |
| 208 | Sand Fork | Town | 175 | 180 | −2.78% | Gilmer |
| 209 | Worthington | Town | 175 | 179 | −2.23% | Marion |
| 210 | Falling Spring | Town | 169 | 170 | −0.59% | Greenbrier |
| 211 | Cairo | Town | 167 | 176 | −5.11% | Ritchie |
| 212 | Huttonsville | Town | 157 | 163 | −3.68% | Randolph |
| 213 | Keystone | City | 157 | 176 | −10.80% | McDowell |
| 214 | Sylvester | Town | 154 | 171 | −9.94% | Boone |
| 215 | Anawalt | Town | 151 | 165 | −8.48% | McDowell |
| 216 | Reedy | Town | 147 | 150 | −2.00% | Roane |
| 217 | Montrose | Town | 139 | 145 | −4.14% | Randolph |
| 218 | Rhodell | Town | 137 | 141 | −2.84% | Raleigh |
| 219 | Oakvale | Town | 131 | 133 | −1.50% | Mercer |
| 220 | Pullman | Town | 131 | 135 | −2.96% | Ritchie |
| 221 | Pax | Town | 130 | 136 | −4.41% | Fayette |
| 222 | Leon | Town | 129 | 137 | −5.84% | Mason |
| 223 | Brandonville | Town | 128 | 129 | −0.78% | Preston |
| 224 | Camden-on-Gauley | Town | 122 | 126 | −3.17% | Webster |
| 225 | Blacksville | Town | 119 | 118 | +0.85% | Monongalia |
| 226 | Smithfield | Town | 96 | 103 | −6.80% | Wetzel |
| 227 | Friendly | Town | 94 | 101 | −6.93% | Tyler |
| 228 | Harman | Town | 94 | 95 | −1.05% | Randolph |
| 229 | Auburn | Town | 78 | 79 | −1.27% | Ritchie |
| 230 | Bruceton Mills | Town | 61 | 63 | −3.17% | Preston |
| 231 | Thurmond | Town | 2 | 5 | −60.00% | Fayette |

## Former towns

These communities were once towns but disincorporated.
* Dunlow
* East Lynn
* Jefferson
* Littleton
* Rhodell
* Institute