Census Data for Ruth
As far as we can tell, Ruth has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Ruth, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- South Charleston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dunbar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Charleston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Saint Albans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marmet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nitro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chesapeake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
- Poca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bancroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Cedar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
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- Danville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Bank
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
- Glasgow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Kanawha County ...
Ruth is located in Kanawha County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Kanawha County.
Miscellaneous Information for Ruth ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Kanawha County or the community of Ruth:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Ruth:
- GNIS ID for Ruth: 1546193
- GNIS ID for Kanawha County: 1550026
- GNIS ID for State of West Virginia: 1779805
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Ruth 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 Ruth.
Footnotes ...
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