Gilmer County is a county in West Virginia, United States, in the north-central part of the state along the Little Kanawha River. It had a population of 7,408 at the 2020 census and covers 340 square miles (880 km2), centred near 38\u00b055\u2032N 80\u00b051\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Glenville is the county seat, and its postal code is 26351. The county has two incorporated towns (Glenville and Sand Fork) plus a scatter of unincorporated communities, and sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n
Gilmer County has 2 incorporated towns and around two dozen unincorporated communities and rural post-office settlements. CDP = census-designated place; Unincorp. = an unincorporated community with no separate municipal government.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenville<\/td>\n | Town · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 26351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sand Fork<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 26430<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Alice<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Baldwin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blackburn<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cedarville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 26611<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Conings<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Coxs Mills<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 26342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| De Kalb<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Donlan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dora<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dusk<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ellis<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hardman<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Latonia<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Linn<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 26384<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lockney<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lucerne<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Moss<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Newberne<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Normantown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 25267<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Orton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Perkins<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Racket<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Revore<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rosedale<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 26636<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Shock<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 26638<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Spurgeon<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Stouts Mills<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Stumptown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tanner<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Troy<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 26443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Withers<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost of the smaller communities in the table above have no post office of their own and are served by the nearest listed ZIP code.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nGilmer County sits in the hill country of north-central West Virginia, drained by the Little Kanawha River, which runs through Glenville on its way toward the Ohio River. Terrain is steep and heavily wooded, typical of the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, with narrow valley bottoms holding most of the settlement. Cedar Creek State Park, in the county’s southeast, is the main public recreation area. Of the county’s 340 square miles, 339 are land and about 1.6 are water.<\/p>\n Gilmer County borders Ritchie County<\/a> to the northwest, Doddridge County<\/a> to the north, Lewis County<\/a> to the east, Braxton County<\/a> to the south, and Calhoun County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n The county’s population was 7,408 at the 2020 census, making it West Virginia’s fifth-least populous county. Glenville, home to Glenville State University, is by far the largest community; Sand Fork is a distant second. Median household income runs well below the West Virginia median of $55,948, reflecting the county’s rural, low-population-density economy \u2014 roughly 22 people per square mile.<\/p>\n The Federal Correctional Institution, Gilmer, just outside Glenville, is the county’s largest single employer. Glenville State University, a public four-year institution founded in 1872, anchors the county seat’s economy and gives the town a college-town character out of proportion to its size. Timber, small farms, and natural-gas activity round out the rural economy. The West Virginia State Folk Festival, held in Glenville every June, is the county’s best-known annual event, drawing traditional musicians and craftspeople from across the region.<\/p>\n Gilmer County was formed on February 3, 1845, from parts of Lewis and Kanawha Counties. It was named for Thomas Walker Gilmer, who served as Governor of Virginia from 1840 to 1841, later represented Virginia in Congress, and died in 1844 while serving as Secretary of the Navy under President John Tyler, killed in the explosion of a gun aboard the USS Princeton. Glenville was established as the county seat and grew around river trade on the Little Kanawha before the arrival of the railroad and, later, the state normal school that became Glenville State University.<\/p>\n U.S. Routes 33 and 119 are the county’s main highways, meeting at Glenville; Interstate 79 passes just east of the county line but has no exit inside Gilmer County.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB) near Clarksburg.<\/p>\n Where is Gilmer County, West Virginia?<\/strong> What is the population of Gilmer County?<\/strong> How big is Gilmer County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Gilmer County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Gilmer County?<\/strong> |