Charleston, WV Capitol Building

Charleston is the capital of West Virginia, a state of the United States of America. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 53,421. It is the county seat of Kanawha County. Download high resolution version (800x950, 102 KB)Charleston, WV Capitol Building It has a gold dome but at the time of my visitation they were replacing the gold flake. ... Download high resolution version (800x950, 102 KB)Charleston, WV Capitol Building It has a gold dome but at the time of my visitation they were replacing the gold flake. ... State nickname: Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Governor Joe Manchin Official languages English Area 62,809 km² (41st)  - Land 62,436 km²  - Water 376 km² (0. ... A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Kanawha County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A county seat is a town which is the capital of a county. ...

Its Capitol Building is currently under construction to replace the gold leafing found on it's dome. Charleston, WV Capitol Building gold leafing construction. Download high resolution version (800x950, 102 KB)Charleston, WV Capitol Building It has a gold dome but at the time of my visitation they were replacing the gold flake. ...

Charleston is the home of the West Virginia Power minor league baseball team. The West Virginia Power is a minor league baseball team from Charleston, West Virginia that plays in the Class A South Atlantic League as an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers (as of the 2005 season). ... A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor leagues are baseball leagues which are at a lower pay level and generally play in smaller cities and towns than Major League Baseball. ...

Yeager Airport is in Charleston. Yeager Airport is an airport in Charleston, West Virginia. ...

The classical composer George Crumb was born in Charleston. Alias star Jennifer Garner was born in Houston, but moved with her family to Charleston as a young child and grew up there.
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Geography

Flag (Detail) Seal (Detail)
Location in West Virginia
Founded  -Incorporated	{{{incorporated}}}
County	Kanawha County
Mayor	Danny Jones
Area  - Total  - Water	84.7 km² (32.7 mi²) 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²) 3.36%
Population  - City (2000)  - Density  - Metropolitan	53,421 {{{density}}}/km² 421,312 density = 652.7
Time zone	Eastern (UTC –5)
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	38.3495° N 81.6333° W
www.cityofcharleston.org

Charleston is located at 38° 20′ 58″ N 81° 37′ 60″ W (38.349497, -81.633294)¹. Flag of Charleston, West Virginia File links The following pages link to this file: Charleston, West Virginia Categories: Flag images ... Seal of Charleston, West Virginia This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... A flag is a piece of cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually intended for signaling or identification. ... Seal on envelope A seal is an impression printed on, embossed upon, or affixed to a document (or any other object) in order to authenticate it, in lieu of or in addition to a signature. ... Adapted from Wikipedias WV county maps by Seth Ilys. ... State nickname: Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Governor Joe Manchin Official languages English Area 62,809 km² (41st)  - Land 62,436 km²  - Water 376 km² (0. ... Incorporation is: In business, incorporation is the creation of a corporation. ... United States of America, showing states, divided into counties. ... Kanawha County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This article is about the unit of measure. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... Time zones are areas of the Earth that have adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Over fifty GPS satellites such as this NAVSTAR have been launched since 1978. ... Shortcut: {{GR|#}} {{Cite:GR|#}} The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 84.7 km² (32.7 mi²). 81.8 km² (31.6 mi²) of it is land and 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 3.36% water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This article is about the unit of measure. ...

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 53,421 people, 24,505 households, and 13,624 families residing in the city. The population density is 652.7/km² (1,690.4/mi²). There are 27,131 housing units at an average density of 331.5/km² (858.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 80.63% White, 15.07% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 1.83% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 1.91% from two or more races. 0.81% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... Shortcut: {{GR|#}} {{Cite:GR|#}} The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize US citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America or relating to a Spanish-speaking culture. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

There are 24,505 households out of which 23.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.9% are married couples living together, 13.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 44.4% are non-families. 38.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.11 and the average family size is 2.82. Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ...

The age distribution is 20.7% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $34,009, and the median income for a family is $47,975. Males have a median income of $38,257 versus $26,671 for females. The per capita income for the city is $26,017. 16.7% of the population and 12.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 24.5% of those under the age of 18 and 11.3% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the number of people. ... The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

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	State of West Virginia Cities | Governors | West Virginia University File links The following pages link to this file: Robert Byrd West Virginia Putnam County, West Virginia Clay County, West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia Ohio County, West Virginia Barbour County, West Virginia Braxton County, West Virginia Wyoming County, West Virginia Wood County, West Virginia Wirt County, West Virginia Wetzel County... State nickname: Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Governor Joe Manchin Official languages English Area 62,809 km² (41st)  - Land 62,436 km²  - Water 376 km² (0. ... List of cities in West Virginia, arranged in alphabetical order. ... list of West Virginia Governors Arthur I. Boreman Republican 1863-1869 Daniel D. T. Farnsworth Republican 1869-1869 William E. Stevenson Republican 1869-1871 John J. Jacob Democratic 1871-1877 Henry M. Mathews Democratic 1877-1881 Jacob B. Jackson Democratic 1881-1885 Emanuel W. Wilson Democratic 1885-1890 Aretas B... WVU Mountaineer Mascot statue in front of the Mountainlair Student Union. ...
State Capital:	Charleston
Regions:	Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area | Eastern Panhandle | Northern Panhandle | Allegheny Plateau | Cumberland Plateau | Ridge-and-valley Appalachians The official U.S. Census Bureau-designated Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV Combined Statistical Area. ... Eastern panhandle The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia is a narrow stretch of territory in the northeast of the state, bordering Maryland and Virginia. ... Northern panhandle The Northern Panhandle is a region in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ... The Allegheny Plateau is a large, dissected plateau area in southern New York, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. ... The Cumberland Plateau includes much of eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia in the United States. ... The Ridge-and-valley Appalachians are a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending from northern New Jersey westward into Pennsylvania and southward into Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. ...
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Counties:	Barbour | Berkeley | Boone | Braxton | Brooke | Cabell | Calhoun | Clay | Doddridge | Fayette | Gilmer | Grant | Greenbrier | Hampshire | Hancock | Hardy | Harrison | Jackson | Jefferson | Kanawha | Lewis | Lincoln | Logan | Marion | Marshall | Mason | McDowell | Mercer | Mineral | Mingo | Monongalia | Monroe | Morgan | Nicholas | Ohio | Pendleton | Pleasants | Pocahontas | Preston | Putnam | Raleigh | Randolph | Ritchie | Roane | Summers | Taylor | Tucker | Tyler | Upshur | Wayne | Webster | Wetzel | Wirt | Wood | Wyoming Barbour County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Berkeley County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Boone County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Braxton County is a county located in the central part of the state of West Virginia. ... Brooke County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Cabell County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Calhoun County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Clay County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Doddridge County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Fayette County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Gilmer County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Grant County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Greenbrier County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Hampshire County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Hancock County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Hardy County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Harrison County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Jackson County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Jefferson County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Kanawha County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Lewis County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Lincoln County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Logan County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Marion County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Marshall County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Mason County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... McDowell County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Mercer County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Mineral County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Mingo County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Monongalia County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Monroe County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Morgan County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Nicholas County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Ohio County is a county located in the northern panhandle of the state of West Virginia. ... Pendleton County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Pleasants County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Pocahontas County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Preston County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Putnam County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Raleigh County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Randolph County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Ritchie County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Roane County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Summers County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Taylor County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Tucker County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Tyler County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Upshur County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Wayne County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Webster County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Wetzel County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Wirt County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Wood County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Wyoming County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ...