THE HUNTINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Monongahela Transition Zone setting.
Huntington city has 16.5 square miles of land in Cabell County, Wayne County. Its Census reference point is in Monongahela Transition Zone, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Huntington intersects 2 county geographies: Cabell County, Wayne County. A Huntington mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Huntington by land and water
The Census records 2.24 square miles of water within Huntington, or 12% of its total area. It is 11.2 percentage points higher than the 0.8% recorded for West Virginia. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Huntington city has 6.3 times the land area of nearby Lavalette CDP (2.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

