Local servicesHospitalVandalia Health Mon Preston Memorial Hospital8.7 miPost officeMasontown Post Office1.0 miTown hallMasontown Town Hallunder a milePoliceMasontown Police Departmentunder a mileFire stationMasontown Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Company 61.1 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeWest Virginia Junior College Morgantown Campus10.1 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportMorgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field MGW9.2 miMajor airportPittsburgh International Airport PIT69 miInterstateI-687.5 miUS highwayUS 1195.7 miAmtrakConnellsville, PA COV35 miLight railWalnutMorgantown Personal Rapid Transit10 miCoachMorgantown Mt LineBarons Bus Lines11 miTransit4 stops within a mileBuckwheat ExpressSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 26524 ZIP area.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 58 min5:52 am – 8:50 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 23 min7:36 am – 4:58 pm
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People77 residentsin the ZIP code areaMedian age 56.950 householdsMedian household income $110,855Median home value $112,500100% of homes owner-occupiedMedian property tax $668 a yearSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 84°F, lows 64°FColdest month January: highs 40°F, lows 24°F43 in of rain a year, on about 93 dayswettest month July14 in of snow a year, on about 9 days13 days above 90°F, 102 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Morgantown Hart Fld station, 9 mi away; snow from Lake Lynn
Nearby landmarksTown of Masontown Water Supply D Lakelake · under a mileBald Knobpeak · 5.1 miMaiden Springspring · 3.0 miMount Phoebepeak · 4.4 miStrawn Lakelake · 4.8 miElmer Smithspring · 4.4 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsUpper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 1.1 mi · 56 acresDeckers Creek Trail: Masontown Trailheadpark · under a mileFairfax Pond / Rehe Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 3.0 mi · 631 acresSnake Hill Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 4.1 mi · 2,959 acresCheat Canyon Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 4.2 mi · 3,806 acresCoopers Rock State Park (Mont Chateau??)state park · 8.3 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowPreston County, WV, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively LowRiver flooding Relatively LowSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality79% of days had good air in 2025288 of 365 days measured77 moderate daysMedian index 40, worst day 93main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Fayette County, PA, 28 mi away
Internet at home100% of households have a broadband subscription100% have cable, fibre or DSL0% rely on a mobile data plan alone0% have no internet at homeSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024
Drinking waterPreston County PSD 4serves 8,753 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 20214 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1,795 ft547 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
