Ghent
Ghent is a census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 582.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 457 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Ghent, West Virginia” and “Ghent, WV”
- Postal code: 25843
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flat Top Mountain.
Flat Top Mountain
Peak
Flat Top Mountain is a mountain ridge within the Allegheny Mountains in Southern West Virginia, United States. Flat Top Mountain is situated 2 miles south of Ghent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flat Top and Cool Ridge.
Flat Top
Hamlet
Flat Top is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Flat Top is located on U.S. Route 19, 19 miles south of Beckley. Flat Top is situated 2 miles south of Ghent.
Cool Ridge
Hamlet
Cool Ridge is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Cool Ridge is located on U.S. Route 19, 3.5 miles south of Shady Spring. Cool Ridge has a post office with ZIP code 25825. Cool Ridge is situated 3 miles north of Ghent.
Mountview
Hamlet
Mountview is an unincorporated community in Raleigh and Summers counties, West Virginia, United States. Mountview is west of Hinton and southeast of Beckley. Mountview is situated 3 miles northeast of Ghent.
Ghent
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Raleigh, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.61695° or 37° 37′ 1″ northLongitude
-81.11502° or 81° 6′ 54″ westPopulation
457Elevation
2,986 feet (910 metres)United Nations Location Code
US G2TOpen location code
869WJV8M+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 153831062OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Volapük—“Ghent” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ghent”
- Chechen: “Гент (Малхбузен Виргини)”
- Chechen: “Гент”
- French: “Ghent”
- German: “Ghent”
- Gilaki: “گنت (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “گنت”
- Irish: “Ghent”
- Italian: “Ghent”
- Ladin: “Ghent”
- Persian: “گنت، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “گنت”
- Polish: “Ghent”
- Serbian: “Гент (Западна Вирџинија)”
- Serbian: “Гент”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ghent, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ghent”
- South Azerbaijani: “قنت، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Ghent”
- Swedish: “Ghent, West Virginia”
- Swedish: “Ghent”
- Tatar: “Гент (Көнбатыш Виргиния)”
- Tatar: “Гент”
- Ukrainian: “Гент”
- Urdu: “گھینٹ، مغربی ورجینیا”
- Volapük: “Ghent, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Ghent”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ghent Post Office and Ghent Church Of God.
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