Jefferson West Virginia Map

About Jefferson, West Virginia

Jefferson is a locality in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 527. The population density is 609.2 people per km². Jefferson is located at 38.3754°N, 81.7804°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 25177.

Jefferson carries the weight of the Kanawha River, which carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its dark current reflecting the heavy, humid sky of the valley. It lies 2.1 miles east of St. Albans, WV (from St. Albans, WV: bearing 97°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west-northwest of Charleston. The ground here rises in stubborn, irregular tiers, creating a terrain where the flat expanses are rare and the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains hang far off on the distant horizon like a promise of deeper wilderness. A few miles to the west, the landscape dips into the quiet seclusion of Dutch Hollow, while the nearby waters of Lake Chaweva hold a stillness that contrasts with the constant, muted motion of the river. During the golden hour, the light thickens, catching the dust of the valley floor and softening the hard edges of the limestone bluffs that define the regional character.

History in Jefferson clings to the memory of industrial extraction and the stubborn independence of those who settled the rugged slopes. The local economy persists in the quiet wake of coal-camp legacies, where the rhythm of life is marked by the passage of heavy freight and the maintenance of a landscape shaped by earth-moving labor. Residents often retreat to the green corridors of Shawnee Park, a place that serves as a necessary lung for the locality, or wander the paths of the Midland Trail to trace the older routes through the woods. Even when the pace slows, the presence of the Kanawha River remains the constant pulse of Jefferson, anchoring the daily movement of its people to the slow, relentless movement of the water toward the valley’s end.

About This Jefferson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jefferson, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.375372, -81.780406. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Jefferson includes the ZIP code (25177), telephone area code (304), county seat of Kanawha County (Charleston), and school district assignment (Kanawha County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.