The Morgantown Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of two counties in North-Central

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, anchored by the city of Morgantown. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 140,038. The MSA is part of the larger Morgantown–Fairmont Combined Statistical Area.

Counties

Communities

Incorporated places and CDPs

*Places with more than 30,000 inhabitants ** Morgantown (Principal city) MotownDOWNTOWN

*Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants **

Cheat Lake Cheat Lake is a reservoir on the Cheat River in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. It was originally named Lake Lynn, but the Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon Cheat Lake as the reservoir's name in 1976. The sur ...

(

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) ** Brookhaven (census-designated place) *Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants ** Cassville (census-designated place) ** Granville ** Kingwood ** Terra Alta ** Star City ** Westover *Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants ** Masontown ** Reedsville ** Rowlesburg *Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants ** Albright ** Blacksville ** Brandonville ** Bruceton Mills ** Newburg ** Tunnelton

Unincorporated places

* Afton * Alpine Lake * Amboy * Arnettsville * Arthurdale *

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* Austen * Baker Ridge * Behler *

Bertha Hill Bertha "Chippie" Hill (March 15, 1905 – May 7, 1950), was an American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer, best known for her recordings with Louis Armstrong. Career Hill was born in Charleston, South Carolina, one of sixteen child ...

Booth Booth may refer to: People * Booth (surname) * Booth (given name) Fictional characters * August Wayne Booth, from the television series ''Once Upon A Time'' *Cliff Booth, a supporting character of the 2019 film ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ...

* Borgman * Bowlby * Bretz * Brewer Hill * Browns Chapel * Bula *

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* Cheat Neck * Chestnut Ridge * Clifton Mills * Clinton Furnace * Core *

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* Crown * Cuzzart *

Daybrook Daybrook is a suburb of Arnold, Nottinghamshire. The area is located just outside the city of Nottingham but inside the conurbation of Greater Nottingham. It lies next to the areas of Arnold town centre, Sherwood, Woodthorpe, Redhill and Best ...

* Dellslow * Delmar *

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

* Easton * Edna * Eglon *

Evansville Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...

* Everettville * Fellowsville *

Fieldcrest The Cannon Mills Company was an American textile manufacturing company based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, that mainly produced towels and bed sheets. Founded in 1887 by James William Cannon, by 1914 the company was the largest towel and sheet ...

* Flaggy Meadow * Fort Grand * Fort Martin * Georgetown * Gladefarms * Greer * Greystone * Gum Spring * Hagans * Halleck * Harmony Grove * Hazelton * Hilderbrand *

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* Hog Eye * Holman * Hopemont * Hopewell * Horse Shoe Run * Howesville * Hunting Hills *

Independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the stat ...

* Jaco * Jakes Run * Jere * Kimberly * Klondike * Laurel Point * Little Falls * Little Sandy * Lowsville * Macdale * Maidsville * Manheim * Manown *

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Marquess A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman ...

* McCurdyville * McMellin *

Miracle Run ''Miracle Run'' is a 2004 Lifetime Television film starring Mary-Louise Parker, Zac Efron, Bubba Lewis, Aidan Quinn and Alicia Morton. Plot In a flashback, a single mother, Corrine Morgan-Thomas ( Mary-Louise Parker) drives her seven-year-old ...

* Mooresville * Morgan Heights * Mount Olivet *

Mount Vernon Mount Vernon is an American landmark and former plantation of Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States George Washington and his wife, Martha. The estate is on ...

* National * New Hill * Opekiska * Orr * Osage * Osgood * Pedlar * Pentress * Pierpont * Pioneer Rocks * Pisgah * Pleasantdale *

Preston Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to: Places England *Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement **The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement **County Boro ...

* Price Hill *

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* Pursglove * Ragtown *

Randall Randall may refer to the following: Places United States *Randall, California, former name of White Hall, California, an unincorporated community * Randall, Indiana, a former town *Randall, Iowa, a city *Randall, Kansas, a city *Randall, Minnesot ...

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...

* Ridgedale * Ringgold * Rock Forge * Rockville * Rodemer * Rohr * Rosedale * Ruthbelle * Sabraton * Saint Cloud * Saint Joe * Saint Leo *

Sandy Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters *Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Sandy (surname), a list of people * Sandy (singer), Brazilian singer and actress Sandy Leah Lima (born 1983) * (Sandy) ...

* Scotch Hill *

Sell Sell can refer to: People * Brenda Sell (born 1955), American martial arts instructor and highest ranking non-Korean female practitioner of taekwondo * Brian Sell (born 1978), American retired long-distance runner * Edward Sell (priest) (1839� ...

* Silver Lake *

Sinclair Sinclair may refer to: Places * Lake Sinclair, near Milledgeville, Georgia * Sinclair, Iowa * Sinclair, West Virginia * Sinclair, Wyoming * Sinclair Mills, British Columbia * Sinclair Township, Minnesota * Sinclair, Manitoba People * Sin ...

* Smithtown * Snider * Stevensburg * Stewartstown * Sturgisson * Sugar Valley * Suncrest Lake * Sunset Beach * The Mileground * Threefork Bridge * Triune * Turner Douglass * Tyrone * Uffington * Valley Point * Van Voorhis *

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

* Wadestown * Wana * West End * West Sabraton * West Van Voorhis * White Oak Springs *

Worley Worley may refer to: Places * Worley, Idaho, United States * Worley, Kentucky, United States * Worley, West Virginia, United States * Worley Point, Antarctica People * Worley (surname), people with the surname ''Worley'' * Worley baronets * Worley ...

* Zevely

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 111,200 people, 44,990 households, and 26,852 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 93.97%

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, 2.56%

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, 0.17% Native American, 1.85% Asian, 0.04%

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, 0.25% from other races, and 1.16% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.89% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $28,276, and the median income for a family was $38,266. Males had a median income of $29,777 versus $20,867 for females. The

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for the MSA was $15,351. Map of West Virginia highlighting Marion County

Combined Statistical Area

The Morgantown MSA is combined with the Fairmont μSA to form the Morgantown-Fairmont

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(CSA), which had a population of 186,127 at the 2010 census. In addition to the two counties of the Morgantown MSA, the CSA comprises the city of Fairmont (2020 population 18,313) and the rest of Marion County, which lies to the west of the counties of the Morgantown MSA.

References

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