{"id":8418,"date":"2023-09-26T18:12:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T18:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8418"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:59:38","slug":"bath-county-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/bath-county-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bath County, Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bath County is a county in Virginia, United States, about 40 miles west of Staunton in the<br \/>\nAllegheny Highlands. It had a population of 4,209 at the 2020 census, an estimated 4,076 by 2025,<br \/>\nand covers 529 square miles (1,370 km2) of land centred near 38\u00b004\u2032N 79\u00b044\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Warm Springs is the county seat; its postal code is 24484. Bath has no incorporated towns or<br \/>\ncities &mdash; every named place is either a census-designated place or an unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunity, and the county runs on Eastern Time.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Bath County<\/h2>\n<p>Bath County has 36 named places on record: 3 census-designated places (Hot Springs, Millboro<br \/>\nand Warm Springs) and 33 unincorporated communities with no local government of their own. CDP<br \/>\nstands for census designated place; Unincorp. covers crossroads and rural communities with no<br \/>\nformal boundary or elected officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Hot Springs<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>524<\/td>\n<td>24445<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Millboro<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>236<\/td>\n<td>24460<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Warm Springs<\/td>\n<td>CDP &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>121<\/td>\n<td>24484<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Williamsville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>24487<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bacova<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>24412<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Armstrong<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ashwood<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bacova Junction<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bath Alum<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bolar<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Burnsville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Callison<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Carloover<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chimney Run<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Copeland<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crane<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crowdertown<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fort Lewis<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Green Valley<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Greenwood<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Healing Springs<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hotchkiss<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>McClung<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>McCowan Spring<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midway<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Millboro Springs<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mitchelltown<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mooretown<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mountain Grove<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perkins Point<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shiloh<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunrise<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Switch Back<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thomastown<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tinkertown<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West Warm Springs<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yost<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two pairs of names on this list are easy to confuse. Bacova and Bacova Junction are separate<br \/>\nplaces a short distance apart on the Hot Springs road, not one place under two spellings. Warm<br \/>\nSprings and West Warm Springs are likewise distinct communities either side of the Jackson River,<br \/>\nsharing a name but not a boundary.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>24445 &mdash; Hot Springs<\/li>\n<li>24460 &mdash; Millboro (also serves Millboro Springs)<\/li>\n<li>24484 &mdash; Warm Springs (also serves West Warm Springs and the courthouse area)<\/li>\n<li>24487 &mdash; Williamsville<\/li>\n<li>24412 &mdash; Bacova, a post office box &mdash; only ZIP code, with no home delivery route<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The rest of the county&#8217;s unincorporated communities &mdash; Armstrong, Bolar, Burnsville,<br \/>\nMountain Grove and the others &mdash; have no ZIP code of their own; mail there is delivered under<br \/>\nthe nearest of the five codes above.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Bath County sits in Virginia&#8217;s Allegheny Highlands, a run of parallel forested ridges and<br \/>\nnarrow valleys along the West Virginia line. Forest covers 89 percent of the county, more than<br \/>\nhalf of it inside the George Washington National Forest, and Douthat State Park holds another 6<br \/>\npercent. Of the county&#8217;s 535 square miles, 529 are land and 5 are water, about 1 percent<br \/>\n&mdash; the county has no large natural lake of its own, though Lake Moomaw, built for flood<br \/>\ncontrol and recreation on the Jackson River, straddles the Bath&#8211;Alleghany county line.<\/p>\n<p>Highland County borders Bath to the north, Augusta County to the northeast, Rockbridge County<br \/>\nto the east, and Alleghany County to the south. West Virginia&#8217;s Greenbrier County lies to<br \/>\nthe southwest and Pocahontas County, West Virginia, to the west. <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/highland-county-virginia\/\">Highland County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/augusta-county\/\">Augusta County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/rockbridge-county\/\">Rockbridge County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/greenbrier-county\/\">Greenbrier County<\/a> all have posts on<br \/>\nthis site; Alleghany County, Virginia and Pocahontas County, West Virginia do not yet.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Bath County had a population of 4,209 at the 2020 census, Virginia&#8217;s second-least<br \/>\npopulous county, and the latest estimate puts it near 4,076 residents, a slight decline. Hot<br \/>\nSprings and Millboro are the two largest communities, with 524 and 236 residents respectively.<br \/>\nMedian household income runs $56,184 (2024, Data USA), well below Virginia&#8217;s statewide<br \/>\nfigure of $89,931 (2023 ACS). Population density works out to about 8 people per square mile of<br \/>\nland, among the lowest of any Virginia county.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Accommodation and food service is the county&#8217;s largest employment sector at 367 workers,<br \/>\nfollowed by health care and social assistance at 209 and construction at 169. The Omni Homestead<br \/>\nResort in Hot Springs, an inn on the site since 1766 and rebuilt into its present form between<br \/>\n1888 and 1892, is the county&#8217;s dominant employer; it completed a renovation of more than<br \/>\n$150 million between 2021 and 2023. The Bath County Pumped Storage Station, in the county&#8217;s<br \/>\nnorth, was the world&#8217;s largest pumped-storage hydroelectric plant from its 1985 completion<br \/>\nuntil a Chinese facility surpassed it in 2021; it has a maximum generating capacity of 3,003<br \/>\nmegawatts and is jointly owned by Dominion Energy, LS Power and FirstEnergy.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Virginia&#8217;s General Assembly formed Bath County on 14 December 1790, out of parts of<br \/>\nAugusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier counties. It was named for the English spa city of Bath, in<br \/>\nreference to the county&#8217;s own mineral hot springs. Tourism has driven the local economy<br \/>\nsince the county&#8217;s founding, built around those same springs at Hot Springs, Warm Springs<br \/>\nand Healing Springs.<\/p>\n<p>The county&#8217;s hot-springs resorts drew visitors from far beyond Virginia well before the<br \/>\nCivil War. From December 1941 to June 1942, the Homestead in Hot Springs served as a State<br \/>\nDepartment internment site holding 785 Japanese diplomats and their families after the United<br \/>\nStates entered World War II; in 1943 it hosted a United Nations conference that laid the<br \/>\ngroundwork for the Food and Agriculture Organization.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>No interstate highway crosses Bath County. US Route 220 runs north&#8211;south through the<br \/>\ncounty, and Virginia Routes 39 and 42 connect Warm Springs to Lexington and Millboro.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staunton &mdash; about 40 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Covington &mdash; about 25 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Lexington &mdash; about 35 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Roanoke &mdash; about 65 miles south<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, near Weyers Cave outside Staunton, is the nearest<br \/>\ncommercial airport. Amtrak&#8217;s Cardinal train, running between New York and Chicago, stops at<br \/>\nStaunton station, the closest Amtrak service to the county.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Bath County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Virginia&#8217;s Allegheny Highlands on the West Virginia line, about 40 miles west of<br \/>\nStaunton, bordered by Highland, Augusta, Rockbridge and Alleghany counties in Virginia and<br \/>\nGreenbrier and Pocahontas counties in West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Bath County?<\/strong><br \/>\n4,209 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 4,076 &mdash; Virginia&#8217;s second-least<br \/>\npopulous county.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Bath County?<\/strong><br \/>\n535 square miles (1,390 km2) in total, of which 529 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Bath County?<\/strong><br \/>\nWarm Springs is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Bath County?<\/strong><br \/>\nNone are incorporated. The county has three census-designated places &mdash; Hot Springs,<br \/>\nMillboro and Warm Springs &mdash; plus 33 smaller unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Bath County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n24445 for Hot Springs, 24460 for Millboro, 24484 for Warm Springs, 24487 for Williamsville and<br \/>\n24412 for Bacova.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Bath County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Omni Homestead Resort, a hot-springs retreat operating in some form since 1766, and the Bath<br \/>\nCounty Pumped Storage Station, the world&#8217;s largest pumped-storage hydroelectric plant from<br \/>\n1985 until 2021.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/virginia\/\">Towns and villages in Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bath County is a county in Virginia, United States, about 40 miles west of Staunton in the Allegheny Highlands. It had a population of 4,209 at the 2020 census, an estimated 4,076 by 2025, and covers 529 square miles (1,370 km2) of land centred near 38\u00b004\u2032N 79\u00b044\u2032W. 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