Municipal · West Virginia

City of Buckhannon

Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. Located along the Buckhannon River, the population was 5,299 as of the 2020 census. The city is 46 miles (74 km) southwest of Morgantown, 88 miles (142 km) northeast of the capital city of Charleston, and 100 miles (160 km) south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is home to West Virginia Wesleyan College and the West Virginia Strawberry Festival, held annually during the third week of May.

Governance bodies

City Council Primary
governing council

Matters. Civic topics anchored here. Each matter tracks an issue across the agenda items where it appears.

View matters

Discover boards from CivicClerk. Bring in additional commissions, committees, or boards that publish meetings through CivicClerk.

Organizations on the platform

No one is tracking City of Buckhannon on The Civic Record yet.

Documents, meetings, and matters will appear here once an organization claims this jurisdiction.

Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 209764
FIPS state: 54
FIPS county: 097
FIPS place: 11188
Census record name: CITY OF BUCKHANNON
Mailing address: 70 E MAIN ST, BUCKHANNON 26201