Daniels, West Virginia
census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia
Daniels is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,654 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.6 square miles (12.0 km2), all land.
Daniels is located on U.S. Route 19, south of Interstate 64.
Demographics
At the 2000 census there were 1,846 people, 818 households, and 525 families living in the CDP. The population density was 395.0 people per square mile (152.6/km2). There were 913 housing units at an average density of 195.4/sq mi (75.5/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.72% White, 1.08% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.16% from other races, and 0.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.43%.
Of the 818 households 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 32.4% of households were one person and 19.6% were one person aged 65 or older.
“Daniels, West Virginia” enters the record as census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Daniels, West and Virginia can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3316299. Authority coordinates are 37.740, -81.125. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2000.
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