Chesapeake
Chesapeake is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,336 at the 2020 census. The town is situated on the Kanawha River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Magnolia677, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 1,560 residents
- Description: town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Chesapeake, West Virginia”, “Chesapeake, WV”, and “Henson”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Riverside High School.
Riverside High School
School
Riverside High School is the largest high school in Kanawha County, and is located in Belle, West Virginia, United States. Riverside High School is situated 1½ miles southeast of Chesapeake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diamond and Marmet.
Diamond
Hamlet
Diamond is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Diamond is located on the north bank of the Kanawha River, 1.5 miles southeast of Belle. The community is served by U.S. Route 60.
Marmet
Village
Marmet is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The population was 1,501 at the 2020 census. Marmet is situated 2½ miles northwest of Chesapeake.
Dickinson
Hamlet
Dickinson, also known as Quincy, is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Dickinson is located on the north bank of the Kanawha River, 3 miles southeast of Belle. Dickinson is situated 2½ miles southeast of Chesapeake.
Chesapeake
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.22378° or 38° 13′ 26″ northLongitude
-81.53618° or 81° 32′ 10″ westPopulation
1,560Elevation
607 feet (185 metres)Open location code
86CW6FF7+GGOpenStreetMap ID
node 154055824OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4801966Wikidata ID
Q2962829
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Chesapeake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Chesapeake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تشيسابيك”
- Basque: “Chesapeake”
- Catalan: “Chesapeake”
- Cebuano: “Chesapeake”
- Chechen: “Чесапик”
- Chinese: “Chesapeake”
- Dutch: “Chesapeake”
- French: “Aéroport municipal de Chesapeake”
- French: “Chesapeake Municipal Airport”
- French: “Chesapeake”
- German: “Chesapeake”
- Gilaki: “چساپیک (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “چساپیک”
- Hungarian: “Chesapeake”
- Italian: “Chesapeake”
- Japanese: “チェサピーク (ウェスト・ヴァージニア州)”
- Japanese: “チェサピーク (ウェストバージニア州)”
- Japanese: “チェサピーク”
- Ladin: “Chesapeake”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chesapeake”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chesapeake”
- Norwegian: “Chesapeake”
- Persian: “چسپیک”
- Polish: “Chesapeake”
- Portuguese: “Chesapeake”
- Russian: “Чесапик”
- Serbian: “Чесапик”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chesapeake, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chesapeake”
- Spanish: “Chesapeake”
- Tatar: “Чесапик”
- Ukrainian: “Чесапік”
- Volapük: “Chesapeake (WV)”
- Volapük: “Chesapeake, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Chesapeake, WV”
- Volapük: “Chesapeake”
- Welsh: “Chesapeake, Gorllewin Virginia”
- Welsh: “Chesapeake”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Chesapeake”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Belle and Witcher.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dr. Lisa E Curry Memorial Annex and Chesapeake City Hall.
West Virginia: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, and Morgantown.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chesapeake”. Photo: Magnolia677, CC BY-SA 4.0.