Ranson is a city in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 5,433 at the 2020 census. It is part of the northwestern fringes of the Washington metropolitan area.
Welcome sign in the median of South Fairfax Blvd
WV 9 westbound in Ranson
Jefferson County, West Virginia
Jefferson County is located in the Shenandoah Valley in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. It is the easternmost county of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,701. Its county seat is Charles Town. The county was founded in 1801, and today is part of the Washington metropolitan area.
Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town
Coverage of John Brown's raid in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 205 (November 5, 1859), p. 359
Tripoint of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland in the Potomac River region of Harper's Ferry, the lowest point in West Virginia
US 340 and WV Route 9 run concurrently for a few miles in Charles Town