These Are The 10 Best Places In West Virginia To Catch Pokemon

So, you want to catch ’em all, huh?
Pokemon Go has swept the nation, and the app has broken records for the most downloads in the first week of release. All over the country, people are swarming, gathering, and all around going nuts, playing this interactive game.
Since we’re a data analytics website, and because we’re often cited as the ‘go to’ place for regional infotainment, we thought it was our duty to be as helpful as we can for people in West Virginia who want to have the inside scoop as to where they should go if they want to dominate this addicting game.
After analyzing every place in West Virginia, here is our list of the best places to catch Pokemon in the Mountain State:

1. Nitro (Photos)
2. Dunbar
3. Vienna (Photos)
4. Princeton (Photos)
5. Bridgeport (Photos)
6. Grafton (Photos)
7. South Charleston (Photos)
8. Bluefield (Photos)
9. New Martinsville (Photos)
10. Elkins (Photos)

As you might note, these are all smaller suburbs of major cities in West Virginia. That’s because in smaller cities, there are a higher number of places per capita where Pokemon are traditionally found. Meaning you’ll find more Pokemon in a much smaller area. When you read the analysis below, this will all make sense. Trust us.
So, grab your avatars, cell phones, and your Poke Balls as we uncover the truly best places in West Virginia in which to find the most Pokemon, based on data.
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How do you decide where the best place is to catch Pokemon?

In order to rank the best places in West Virginia in which to catch ’em all, we had to determine which cities, towns and villages in West Virginia have the most places to find Pokemon.
So we scraped the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.

How we crunched the numbers

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

• Number of parks per capita
• Number of museums per capita
• Number of churches per capita
• Number of memorials and public gathering places per capita

If you’d like to see the complete list of cities, scroll to the bottom of this post to see a chart of the top cities.
Note: When measuring the locations listed above, we measured the locations within a short drive of the center of each place in West Virginia.

1. Nitro

Population: 6,860
Parks Per 1,000 People: 4.52
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.02
Churches Per 1,000 People: 8.75
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 3.06

2. Dunbar

Population: 7,844
Parks Per 1,000 People: 4.84
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.27
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.65
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.93

3. Vienna

Population: 10,654
Parks Per 1,000 People: 2.53
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.31
Churches Per 1,000 People: 5.63
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 3.0

4. Princeton

Population: 6,387
Parks Per 1,000 People: 2.35
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.78
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.39
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.88

5. Bridgeport

Population: 8,316
Parks Per 1,000 People: 3.13
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.72
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.22
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.28

6. Grafton

Population: 5,179
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.54
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.58
Churches Per 1,000 People: 11.59
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.51

7. South Charleston

Population: 13,380
Parks Per 1,000 People: 2.99
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.75
Churches Per 1,000 People: 4.48
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.79

8. Bluefield

Population: 10,465
Parks Per 1,000 People: 3.44
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.67
Churches Per 1,000 People: 5.73
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.15

9. New Martinsville

Population: 5,322
Parks Per 1,000 People: 2.44
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.38
Churches Per 1,000 People: 11.27
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.13

10. Elkins

Population: 7,241
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.38
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.69
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.73
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.66

There You Have It

If you’re looking at communities in West Virginia where you have a much higher chance of catching Pokemon, this is an accurate list.
If you’re also curious enough, here’s how the larger cities in West Virginia with the most reliable locations to catch a Pokemon rank, according to science.

1. Wheeling (Photos)
2. Weirton (Photos)
3. Beckley (Photos)
4. Martinsburg (Photos)
5. Clarksburg (Photos)

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Detailed List Of The Best Places In West Virginia To Catch Pokemon

Rank	City	Population
1	Nitro	6,860
2	Dunbar	7,844
3	Vienna	10,654
4	Princeton	6,387
5	Bridgeport	8,316
6	Grafton	5,179
7	South Charleston	13,380
8	Bluefield	10,465
9	New Martinsville	5,322
10	Elkins	7,241
11	Moundsville	8,960
12	Hurricane	6,352
13	Oak Hill	8,270
14	St. Albans	10,939
15	Keyser	5,350
16	Buckhannon	5,646
17	Wheeling	28,129
18	Martinsburg	17,508
19	Weirton	19,523
20	Clarksburg	16,437
21	Beckley	17,529
22	Parkersburg	31,195
23	Fairmont	18,746
24	Morgantown	30,133
25	Charleston	50,911
26	Huntington	49,053