Ceredo, West Virginia

Ceredo, West Virginia
Town
Looking east along U.S. Route 60 from C Street
Looking east along U.S. Route 60 from C Street
Flag of Ceredo, West Virginia
Official seal of Ceredo, West Virginia
Official logo of Ceredo, West Virginia
Location of Ceredo in Wayne County, West Virginia.
Location of Ceredo in Wayne County, West Virginia.
Coordinates: 38°23′36″N 82°33′37″W / 38.39333°N 82.56028°W / 38.39333; -82.56028
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyWayne
Area
 • Total2.04 sq mi (5.29 km2)
 • Land1.31 sq mi (3.40 km2)
 • Water0.73 sq mi (1.89 km2)
Elevation
551 ft (168 m)
Population
 • Total1,408
 • Density690.20/sq mi (266.16/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25507
Area code(s)304, 681
FIPS code54-14308[3]
GNIS feature ID1537176[4]
Websitehttps://ceredowv.gov/
A Little League Baseball game.

Ceredo is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Ohio River. The population was 1,408 at the 2020 census. Ceredo is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649.

The city is also near the location of the Southern Airways Flight 932 aviation disaster. On November 14, 1970, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airplane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed on a hillside on approach to the Tri-State Airport, killing all 75 on board. A movie about the tragedy, We Are Marshall, was released in 2006.

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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