Alternate Unofficial Names: Charles Town, Charleston-on-the-Kanawha, Charlestown, Clendenins Fort, Clendenins Settlement, Clendenin's Settlement, Fort Clendennin, Fort Lee, Kanawha, Kanawha Court House, Mouth of Elk, The Town at the Mouth of Elk.
Charleston had a population of 50,268; a land area of 31.52 sq. miles; a water area of 1.14 sq. miles; and a population density of 1,594.80 people per sq. mile according to the US Census Bureaue estimate of July 1, 2009. Latest Census Estimates for all incorporated places in West Virginia.