Century, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Century, West Virginia, shaded from 1,450 ft on the east side to 1,810 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,810 ft 550 m1,720 ft 525 m1,670 ft 510 m1,580 ft 480 m1,490 ft 455 m1,450 ft 440 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Century sits at about 1,620 ft (495 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,620 ft 495 m
most residents: 1,510–1,620 ft
Lowest
1,450 ft 440 m
on the east side
Highest
1,810 ft 550 m
on the north side
Average
1,550 ft 475 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Century spans about 360 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,620 ft495 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
1,810 ft550 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
1,450 ft440 m
Town center
USGS map point for Century
1,530 ft465 m
Airport (CKB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi north of the CDP boundary
1,224 ft373 m
Average of all land1,550 ft475 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Century, West Virginia, shaded from 1,450 ft on the east side to 1,810 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States
Population
111 2020 Census
Land area
0.1 sq mi
Density
847 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0998° N, 80.1887° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Tygart Valley River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
North Central West Virginia (CKB) 1,224 ft
ZIP codes 1
26238
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hinkleville1,620 ft
  2. Century1,620 ft
  3. Philippi1,480 ft
  4. Buckhannon1,430 ft
  5. Galloway1,360 ft
  6. Anmoore1,100 ft
  7. Flemington1,090 ft
  8. Lost Creek1,070 ft
  9. Stonewood1,020 ft
  10. Nutter Fort1,020 ft
  11. Jane Lew1,020 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Spruce Mountain4,863 ft
  • Bald Knob4,842 ft
  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Elk Mountain4,429 ft
  • Back Fork Mountain4,044 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Century is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.