Shrewsbury, West Virginia

Shrewsbury, West Virginia
Census-designated place (CDP)
Residential homes along the banks of the Kanawha River in Shrewsbury.
Location in Kanawha County and state of West Virginia.
Coordinates: 38°12′22″N81°28′17″W / 38.20611°N 81.47139°W / 38.20611; -81.47139
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Kanawha
Area [1]
• Total	0.435 sq mi (1.13 km2)
• Land	0.350 sq mi (0.91 km2)
• Water	0.085 sq mi (0.22 km2)
Elevation	623 ft (190 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	517
• Density	1,200/sq mi (460/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1546745 [2]

Shrewsbury is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Shrewsbury is located on the north bank of the Kanawha River along U.S. Route 60. As of the 2020 census, its population was 517 (down from 652 at the 2010 census). ^{[3] [4]}

Like the nearby community of Dickinson, Shrewsbury was given its name due to the early history of the Dickinson and Shrewsbury families within the area. ^[5]

Shrewsbury is home to a Liberty gas station and convenience store, the Mason-Dixon Bar, and three churches; The Shrewsbury Church of God, Shrewsbury Community Church and the Shrewsbury Baptist Church.

References

1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shrewsbury, West Virginia
3. "Census Bureau profile: Shrewsbury CDP, West Virginia". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
4. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
5. Stealey, John Edmund (1993). "Virginia's Mercantile-Manufacturing Frontier: Dickinson & Shrewsbury and the Great Kanawha Salt Industry". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 101 (4): 509–534. JSTOR   4249394.