Bath County, Virginia
County seat: Warm Springs · Population 4,076 (2025) · 529 sq mi
Bath County is the 131st most populous of Virginia's 133 counties, with 4,076 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Warm Springs. It is part of the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (PD 6) region, one of the 21 Planning District Commissions of Virginia. The map shows its 0 cities and towns and the 6 neighboring counties.
Bath County facts
- County seat
- Warm Springs
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 4,076 −3.1% since 2020
- Land area
- 529 sq mi 17th largest of 133
- Water area
- 5 sq mi
- Population density
- 8 per sq mi
- Established
- 1791
- Named after
- Bath city in Somerset, England, United Kingdom
- Largest city
- Hot Springs 487
- Median household income
- $56,184
- Cities and towns
- 0 plus 3 CDPs
- ZIP codes
- 7
- Time zone
- Eastern
- FIPS code
- 51017
Unincorporated communities (CDPs)
Census-designated places are communities without their own city government; the county provides their services.
| Community | Population | Also in |
|---|---|---|
| Hot Springs | 487 | |
| Millboro | 108 | |
| Warm Springs | 19 |
ZIP codes in Bath County
7 ZIP codes reach into Bath County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 24412
- 24422 also Alleghany and Botetourt counties
- 24432 also Augusta County
- 24445 also Alleghany County
- 24460
- 24484 also Highland County
- 24487 also Highland County
Population of Bath County, 2020–2025
Bath County shrank by 129 people (−3.1%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 175 more deaths than births and a net gain of 54 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4,185 |
| 2021 | 4,093 |
| 2022 | 4,074 |
| 2023 | 4,062 |
| 2024 | 4,058 |
| 2025 | 4,076 |
Neighboring counties
- Alleghany County southwest · 14,546 people
- Pocahontas County, West Virginia northwest · 7,602 people
- Rockbridge County southeast · 22,663 people
- Highland County northeast · 2,318 people
- Augusta County east · 78,940 people
- Greenbrier County, West Virginia west · 31,578 people
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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