The location of Wasp
Census Data for Wasp ...
As far as we can tell, Wasp 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 Wasp, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
| Community | 2017<1> Population | Dir | Distance<2> | |
| Parkersburg | 30,096 | SW | 28 miles [45.1 km] | |
| Marietta (OH) | 13,673 | W | 21 miles [33.8 km] | |
| Vienna | 10,370 | W | 27 miles [43.5 km] |
Pleasants County ...
Wasp is located in Pleasants County.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Pleasants County.
Population Rings for Wasp ...
To help identify the number of people who live in Wasp and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Wasp. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.<3> We don't have the population of Wasp, so its people haven't been included.
| Radius | No of Communities | 2017 Population | Change Since 2010 |
| 5 mi [8 km] | 2 | 124 | -6.06% |
| 10 mi [16 km] | 7 | 5,881 | -6.2% |
| 15 mi [24 km] | 12 | 11,358 | -6.37% |
| 20 mi [32 km] | 18 | 17,886 | -5.46% |
| 25 mi [40 km] | 28 | 38,651 | -4.14% |
| 30 mi [48 km] | 40 | 89,035 | -3.94% |
Miscellaneous Information for Wasp ...
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 Pleasants County or the community of Wasp:
The GNIS Codes ...
The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Wasp:
GNIS ID for Wasp: 1555924
GNIS ID for Pleasants County: 1678557
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: 073 (Pleasants County)
Place Code: 84805 (Wasp)
State & County Code: 54/073 (West Virginia / Pleasants County)
State & Place Code: 54/84805 (West Virginia / Wasp)
Misc. Census Codes ...
Wasp 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 Wasp.
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Off-the-Road Links ...
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The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wasp) to Point B. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wasp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4301, Longitude: -81.0440 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Wasp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |