Charleston

Summary

Charleston is a city in the United States^[1]. Charleston ranks in the top 0.55% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,183 views/month, #52 of 9,394).^[2]

Key Facts

• Charleston is located in Kanawha County^[3].
• Charleston is in the country of United States^[4].
• Charleston is on the body of water Kanawha River^[5].
• Charleston is on the body of water Elk River^[6].
• Charleston's head of government is recorded as Amy Shuler Goodwin^[7].
• Charleston's image is recorded as View across the Kanawha River of Charleston, the capital city of West Virginia LCCN2015631775.tif^[8].
• Charleston's instance of is recorded as city in the United States^[9].
• Charleston's instance of is recorded as state or insular area capital of the United States^[10].
• Charleston's instance of is recorded as county seat^[11].
• Charleston's flag image is recorded as Flag of Charleston, West Virginia.svg^[12].
• Charles Clendenin is named after Charleston^[13].
• Charleston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Banská Bystrica^[14].
• Charleston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248256449^[15].
• Charleston's GND ID is recorded as 4376528-2^[16].
• Charleston's locator map image is recorded as Kanawha County West Virginia incorporated and unincorporated areas Charleston highlighted.svg^[17].
• Charleston's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81055346^[18].
• Charleston's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 120990265^[19].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 25301^[20].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 25302^[21].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 25304^[22].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 25305^[23].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 25306^[24].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 25311^[25].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 25312^[26].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 25313^[27].

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Founding

+1786-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Charleston^[28].

Why It Matters

Charleston ranks in the top 0.55% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,183 views/month, #52 of 9,394).^[2] Charleston has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Charleston is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]