South Charleston
South Charleston is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is located to the west of the state capital of Charleston. The population was 13,639 at the 2020 census.- Type: City with 12,600 residents
- Description: city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “South Charleston, West Virginia”, “South Charleston, WV”, and “Sur Charleston, Oeste Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Criel Mound and Wilson Island.
Criel Mound
Archaeological site
Wilson Island
Islet
Wilson Island is a bar island on the Kanawha River in South Charleston, West Virginia.
Blaine Island
Blaine Island is an island on the Kanawha River in the city of South Charleston, West Virginia.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elk and Joplin.
Joplin
Neighborhood
Joplin is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Tyler Mountain
Hamlet
Tyler Mountain is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
South Charleston
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.36843° or 38° 22′ 6″ north
Longitude
-81.69957° or 81° 41′ 59″ west
Population
12,600
Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US SCT
Open location code
86CW9892+95
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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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: “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”
- 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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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: North Charleston and Kenna Homes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Capitol City Baptist Church and Tenth Avenue Park.
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Worth a closer look: Charleston and Huntington.
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