Charleston: facts

At a glance

• Country: United States
• Region: West Virginia
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 46,838
• Coordinates: 38.3498° N, 81.6326° W
• Time zone: America/New_York (UTC-05:00 standard, UTC-04:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Dollar (USD)
• Distance to the capital, Washington: 404 km (251 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yeager Airport (CRW): 4.3 km (2.7 mi), straight line
• Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW): 77 km (48 mi), straight line
• Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS): 81 km (50 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Winfield: 31 km (19 mi)
• Madison: 35 km (22 mi)
• Hamlin: 42 km (26 mi)
• Clay: 49 km (31 mi)
• Ripley: 53 km (33 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Meads, 94 km (58 mi)