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West Virginia
Kanawha County

South Charleston

South Charleston is a city in , United States. It is located to the west of the state capital of . The population was 13,639 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: City with 12,600 residents
  • Description: city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “South Charleston, West Virginia” and “South Charleston, WV”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Criel Mound and Wilson Island.

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , also known as the South Charleston Mound, is a Native American burial mound located in South Charleston, . It is one of the few surviving mounds of the Kanawha Valley Mounds that were probably built in the Woodland period after 500 B.C.

Islet
is a bar on the in South Charleston, . I-64's bridge over the Kanawha River into the city crosses over the island.

is an on the in the city of South Charleston, . It is roughly 66 acres in area with a length of 1.25 miles and about 900 feet at its widest point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elk and Joplin.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. The United States Geological Survey lists its elevation at 610 feet.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is likely named after an early white settler in Kanawha County, James Jopling.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located at the junction of State routes 62 and 501, 5.5 miles west-northwest of .

South Charleston

Latitude
38.36843° or 38° 22′ 6″ north
Longitude
-81.69957° or 81° 41′ 59″ west
Population
12,600
Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US SCT
Open location code
86CW9892+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154157707
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4822764
Wiki­data ID
Q2056675
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“South Charleston” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساوث تشارلستون”
  • Basque: “South Charleston”
  • Catalan: “South Charleston”
  • Cebuano: “South Charleston”
  • Chechen: “Саут-Чарлстон (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
  • Chechen: “Саут-Чарлстон”
  • Chinese: “South Charleston”
  • Chinese: “南查爾斯頓”
  • Cornish: “South Charleston, Virjynni West”
  • Czech: “South Charleston”
  • Dagbani: “South Charleston”
  • Danish: “South Charleston”
  • Dutch: “South Charleston”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساوث تشارلستون”
  • French: “South Charleston”
  • German: “South Charleston”
  • Gilaki: “سأؤث چارلستن (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “سأؤث چارلستن”
  • Hebrew: “סאות‘ צ’ארלסטון”
  • Irish: “South Charleston”
  • Italian: “South Charleston”
  • Japanese: “サウスチャールストン”
  • Ladin: “South Charleston”
  • Malagasy: “South Charleston, West Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “South Charleston”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “South Charleston”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “South Charleston”
  • Norwegian: “South Charleston”
  • Persian: “ساوت چارلستون، وست ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “ساوت چارلستون”
  • Polish: “South Charleston”
  • Portuguese: “South Charleston”
  • Russian: “Саут-Чарлстон”
  • Serbian: “Саут Чарлстон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “South Charleston, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “South Charleston”
  • Slovak: “South Charleston”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ساوت چارلستون، وست ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “South Charleston, West Virginia”
  • Spanish: “South Charleston”
  • Spanish: “Sur Charleston, Oeste Virginia”
  • Swedish: “South Charleston”
  • Tatar: “Саут-Чарлстон (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Саут-Чарлстон”
  • Turkish: “South Charleston, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “South Charleston”
  • Ukrainian: “Саут-Чарлстон”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی چارلسٹن، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی چارلسٹن”
  • Volapük: “South Charleston”
  • Welsh: “South Charleston, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “South Charleston”

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