Runa, West Virginia

Community	2016 ^<1> Population	Direction	Distance ^<2>
Oak Hill	8,544	SW	19 miles [30.6 km]
Summersville	3,434	N	9 miles [14.5 km]
Fayetteville	2,852	SW	15 miles [24.1 km]

Nicholas County ...

Runa is located in Nicholas County.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Nicholas County.

Population Rings for Runa ...

To help identify the number of people who live in Runa and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Runa. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<3> We don't have the population of Runa, so its people haven't been included.

Radius	No of Communities	2016 Population	Change Since 2010
10 mi [16 km]	3	3,720	-3.68%
15 mi [24 km]	7	10,337	-2.53%
20 mi [32 km]	12	21,783	+1.87%
25 mi [40 km]	17	26,449	+0.64%
30 mi [48 km]	23	45,885	-1.13%

Miscellaneous Information for Runa ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has referenced one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Nicholas County or the community of Runa:

The GNIS Codes ...

The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Runa:

GNIS ID for Runa: 1555539

GNIS ID for Nicholas County: 1550040

GNIS ID for West Virginia: 1779805

The FIPS Codes ...

An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):

State Code: 54 (West Virginia)

County Code: 067 (Nicholas County)

Place Code: 70780 (Runa)

State & County Code: 54/067 (West Virginia / Nicholas County)

State & Place Code: 54/70780 (West Virginia / Runa)

Misc. Census Codes ...

Runa is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Runa.

Other Roadside Stops ...

Cities, Towns and Villages of West Virginia

About Nicholas County

About West Virginia

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Runa. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of West Virginia: www.wv.gov/

The official website of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)

The official website of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Footnotes ...

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance that starts in Runa. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Runa) to Point B. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Runa. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1429, Longitude: -80.8512 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Runa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). - Return to Citation
<3>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2010 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Runa.