THE PHILIPPI LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Monongahela Transition Zone setting.
Philippi city has 2.83 square miles of land in Barbour 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
Philippi and Barbour County
Philippi is associated with Barbour County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Philippi by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Philippi, or 3.2% of its total area. It is 2.6 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Barbour County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Philippi city has 4.5 times the land area of nearby Galloway CDP (0.63 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

