West Virginia ZIP Codes: Ranges, Prefixes and Major Cities
Whether you are building an address form, cleaning a mailing list or testing shipping rules, it helps to know how ZIP codes work in West Virginia. The state has 851 active codes spread across 56 counties.
ZIP code range and prefixes
Every West Virginia ZIP code starts with one of 22 three-digit prefixes. Each prefix points to a sectional center facility, the processing plant that sorts mail for a group of nearby post offices.
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Types of ZIP codes in West Virginia
| Type | Count | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 605 | Street delivery areas |
| PO Box | 236 | Post office boxes only |
| Unique | 10 | A single high-volume organization |
ZIP codes for major West Virginia cities
| City | County | Standard ZIPs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | Kanawha County | 13 | 25301–25389 |
| Huntington | Cabell County | 5 | 25701–25705 |
| Martinsburg | Berkeley County | 4 | 25401–25405 |
| Morgantown | Monongalia County | 4 | 26501–26508 |
| Parkersburg | Wood County | 2 | 26101–26104 |
| Princeton | Mercer County | 2 | 24739–24740 |
| South Charleston | Kanawha County | 2 | 25303–25309 |
| Adrian | Upshur County | 1 | 26210–26210 |
| Advent | Jackson County | 1 | 25231–25231 |
| Albright | Preston County | 1 | 26519–26519 |
| Alderson | Greenbrier County | 1 | 24910–24910 |
| Alkol | Lincoln County | 1 | 25501–25501 |
| Alma | Tyler County | 1 | 26320–26320 |
| Alum Bridge | Lewis County | 1 | 26321–26321 |
| Alum Creek | Lincoln County | 1 | 25003–25003 |
Charleston is the state capital. Larger cities have many ZIP codes because each code follows mail delivery routes, not city limits.
Sample addresses
Susan Patel
5423 Cedar Way
Parkersburg, WV 26104
Jennifer Rivera
1282 Summit Ave
Charleston, WV 25305
Priya Lee
1439 Sycamore Ave
Adrian, WV 26210
These examples use real city and ZIP pairs with invented street lines, so they are safe for testing and documentation.
Tips for working with these ZIP codes
- Store ZIP codes as text, not numbers, so the format stays consistent across states with leading zeros.
- All of West Virginia is in the Eastern time zone, which keeps scheduling logic simple.
- A quick sanity check: a valid WV ZIP code begins with one of the prefixes listed above.
- City names in addresses are post office names. A suburb may share a ZIP code and city name with a nearby larger town.
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