Welch: facts

At a glance

• Country: United States
• Region: West Virginia
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 1,973
• Coordinates: 37.4329° N, 81.5845° W
• Time zone: America/New_York (UTC-05:00 standard, UTC-04:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Dollar (USD)
• Distance to the capital, Washington: 430 km (267 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW): 57 km (35 mi), straight line
• Yeager Airport (CRW): 105 km (65 mi), straight line
• Greenbrier Valley Airport (LWB): 114 km (71 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Pineville: 17 km (11 mi)
• Tazewell: 36 km (22 mi)
• Princeton: 43 km (27 mi)
• Grundy: 49 km (30 mi)
• Beckley: 52 km (32 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Roanoke, 146 km (91 mi)