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Census Data for Shelton ...

As far as we can tell, Shelton 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 Shelton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

 Community 2016<1>
Population		DirectionDistance<2>
 Charleston49,138   W   24 miles [38.6 km]
 South Charleston12,859   W   28 miles [45.1 km]

Clay County ...

Shelton is located in Clay County.

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

Population Rings for Shelton ...

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

  Radius   No of
    Communities     		2016
    Population     		Change
  Since 2010    
15 mi   [24 km]31,637-4.71%
20 mi   [32 km]118,224-4.32%
25 mi   [40 km]1766,271-4.35%
30 mi   [48 km]24102,162-3.16%

Miscellaneous Information for Shelton ...

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 Clay County or the community of Shelton:

The GNIS Codes ...

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

GNIS ID for Shelton: 1555607

GNIS ID for Clay County: 1550014

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: 015 (Clay County)

Place Code: 73420 (Shelton)

State & County Code: 54/015 (West Virginia / Clay County)

State & Place Code: 54/73420 (West Virginia / Shelton)

Misc. Census Codes ...

Shelton 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 Shelton.

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Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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


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Footnotes ...

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance that stretches from Shelton. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shelton) to Point B.

Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shelton. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4315, Longitude: -81.1951     [Map].   In this case, the coordinates for Shelton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).

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<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.

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For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Shelton.