Ceredo, West Virginia

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.

Ceredo, West Virginia
Town
Looking east along U.S. Route 60 from C Street
Location of Ceredo in Wayne County, West Virginia.
Coordinates: 38°23′36″N 82°33′37″W
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
 (2020)
  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
GNIS feature ID1537176
Websitewww.ceredowv.gov

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.

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