Ceredo, West Virginia | |
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Town | |
 Looking east along U.S. Route 60 from C Street | |
 Flag  Seal  Logo | |
 Location of Ceredo in Wayne County, West Virginia. | |
| Coordinates: 38°23′36″N 82°33′37″W / 38.39333°N 82.56028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Wayne |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.04 sq mi (5.29 km2) |
| • Land | 1.31 sq mi (3.40 km2) |
| • Water | 0.73 sq mi (1.89 km2) |
| Elevation | 551 ft (168 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,408 |
| • Density | 690.20/sq mi (266.16/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 25507 |
| Area code(s) | 304, 681 |
| FIPS code | 54-14308[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1537176[4] |
| Website | https://ceredowv.gov/ |
Ceredo is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Ohio River. The population was 1,408 at the 2020 census. Ceredo is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649.
The city is also near the location of the Southern Airways Flight 932 aviation disaster. On November 14, 1970, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airplane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed on a hillside on approach to the Tri-State Airport, killing all 75 on board. A movie about the tragedy, We Are Marshall, was released in 2006.
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