Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the county seat of Kanawha County, at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers. It grew through nineteenth century salt production and later expanded through coal mining and the first natural gas well discovery, becoming West Virginia's permanent state capital in 1885 after the state's separation from Virginia.
Facts
Population2020 census figure, from Charleston's own Wikipedia infobox. Area (sq km) Founding Year1794 is the year Charleston was incorporated, per the infobox. Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude38.349819 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
Associated With
Charleston is in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Source Charleston (Wikipedia)
Capital Of
Charleston is the capital of West Virginia.
Source Charleston (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Site Of
Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.
Source Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (source article)Lead paragraph [seat-city]Quote, Lead paragraph [seat-city]
The court sits primarily at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston
Sources
1. Charleston (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, population
48,864
Infobox: area_land_km2
81.317
Infobox, coordinates
38.3498194 N 81.6326222 W
Infobox, founded
1794
Lead section
Charleston () is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia.
View the Source 2. Charleston (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 182 m
3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 38.3498,-81.6326
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 196.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.25, -81.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.25, -81.75
38.25 -81.75 Cfa
5. GeoNames: Charleston - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 4801859Quote, cities500 record 4801859
38.34982 -81.63262 P PPLA US WV 039 46838 182 198 America/New_York
Wikidata: Charleston
Wikidata Q44564, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Charleston (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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