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Brushton, also known as Costa, is an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. Brushton is 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Madison . Brushton has a post office with ZIP code 25051; the post office uses the name Costa.
Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,809. [1] Its county seat is Madison. [2] Boone County is part of the Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Leading industries and chief agricultural products in Boone County include coal, lumber, natural gas, tobacco, and strawberries.
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 116,903. [1] This puts it at 334th largest in the United States. It is also included in the larger Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton, PA–OH–WV Combined Statistical Area .
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated five combined statistical areas, 10 metropolitan statistical areas, and five micropolitan statistical areas in West Virginia. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA , which includes West Virginia's capital and largest city, Charleston .
As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 309,635 (though new standards set on February 28, 2013 placed the population at 240,000). [4] Prior to the 2000 Census, the Charleston MSA consisted of only two counties – Kanawha and Putnam (the latter of which is now considered part of the Huntington metropolitan area).
Comfort is a census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. Comfort is located on West Virginia Route 3, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Madison. Comfort has a post office with ZIP code 25049. [4] As of the 2010 census, its population is 306. [2] Comfort is the home of Sherman Elementary School.
Van is a census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, West Virginia, United States, along the Pond Fork of the Little Coal River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 211. [2] Its ZIP code is 25206. Van was named after Van Linville, who established its post office and served as its first postmaster. [3]