Hometown, West Virginia

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Hometown, West Virginia
Census-designated place (CDP)
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Hometown
Coordinates: 38°31′58″N81°51′40″W / 38.53278°N 81.86111°W / 38.53278; -81.86111
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Putnam
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.802 sq mi (2.08 km2)
 • Land0.802 sq mi (2.08 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
556
 • Density690/sq mi (270/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25109

Hometown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 556 (down from 668 at the 2010 census). [2] [3] The community is located along the Kanawha River on West Virginia Route 62. Hometown has six streets that intersect at one street. There is an elementary school. The red house on the left in the photo was constructed for Thomas M. Brown and Ella Mae Criner Brown in the early 1920s, and was the first house built at Hometown.

References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Census Bureau profile: Hometown CDP, West Virginia". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.


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