South Charleston West Virginia ZIP Codes

South Charleston holds 2 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.

Every ZIP code in South Charleston

The complete list of South Charleston, West Virginia ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP code	County
25303	Kanawha County
25309	Kanawha County

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the South Charleston codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for South Charleston. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Every South Charleston ZIP code begins 253. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of West Virginia. Statewide that range covers 47 ZIP codes, so South Charleston accounts for 4% of it.

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Area codes covering South Charleston

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The codes below serve the same ground South Charleston occupies.

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Where South Charleston's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one South Charleston ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
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Cities near South Charleston

The closest places to South Charleston with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
City	Distance	ZIP codes
Dunbar West Virginia ZIP codes	2.4 mi	1 ZIP code
Charleston West Virginia ZIP codes	4.3 mi	45 ZIP codes
Nitro West Virginia ZIP codes	7.2 mi	1 ZIP code
Poca West Virginia ZIP codes	11 mi	1 ZIP code
Belle West Virginia ZIP codes	12 mi	1 ZIP code
Bancroft West Virginia ZIP codes	14 mi	1 ZIP code
Winfield West Virginia ZIP codes	16 mi	1 ZIP code
East Bank West Virginia ZIP codes	17 mi	1 ZIP code

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.