Rand, West Virginia

Rand
Census-designated place
Street scene in Rand in the 1970s
Location in Kanawha County and state of West Virginia.
Coordinates: 38°16′57″N 81°33′44″W / 38.28250°N 81.56222°W / 38.28250; -81.56222Coordinates: 38°16′57″N 81°33′44″W / 38.28250°N 81.56222°W / 38.28250; -81.56222
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Kanawha
Area^[1]
• Total	0.461 sq mi (1.19 km²)
• Land	0.461 sq mi (1.19 km²)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Population (2010)^[2]
• Total	1,631
• Density	3,500/sq mi (1,400/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Rand is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Kanawha River in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,631.^[2] It is surrounded by the communities of Malden and DuPont City.

Former NFL wide receiver Randy Moss was raised in Rand.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
↑ Bieler, Des (November 12, 2014). "What we learned from ESPN’s ’30 for 30′ on Randy Moss". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
↑ McGarry, Tim (September 17, 2012). "Randy Moss remembers his roots with Rand University". USA Today. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

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Municipalities and communities of Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Charleston

Cities	Charleston Dunbar Marmet Montgomery‡ Nitro‡ St. Albans Smithers‡ South Charleston

Towns	Belle Cedar Grove Chesapeake Clendenin East Bank Glasgow Handley Pratt

CDPs	Alum Creek‡ Big Chimney Chelyan Coal Fork Cross Lanes Elkview Jefferson Pinch Rand Shrewsbury Sissonville Tornado

Unincorporated communities	Aarons Acme Acup Airport Village Amandaville Amelia Annfred Apgah Barren Creek Blackhawk Blakeley Blount Blue Creek Blundon Bream Brounland Burnwell Cabin Creek Carbon Carney Cinco Coal Coalburg Coalridge Coco Copenhaver Corton Crede Crown Hill Davis Creek Dawes Decota Dial Diamond Dickinson Donwood Dry Branch Dungriff Dupont City East Nitro East Side Edgewood Elk Elk Forest Elk Hills Emmons‡ Eskdale Etowah Falling Rock Ferrell Fivemile Forest Hills Forks of Coal Fort Hill Frame Fuquay Gallagher Gazil Giles Green Valley Greencastle Grippe Guthrie Hansford Heatherman Hernshaw Hicumbottom Highlawn Hillsdale Hitop Holly Hollygrove Hollyhurst Hugheston Indian Institute Island Branch Ivydale Jarrett Jarretts Ford Joplin Kanawha Estates Kayford Kelly Hill Kendalia Laing Leewood Legg Lico Lincoln Livingston London Loudendale Lower Belle Lower Falls Malden Mammoth Meadowbrook Miami Milliken Mink Shoals Monarch Morris Mound Notomine Nuckolls Ohley Olcott Pentacre Pocatalico Pond Gap Port Amherst Putney Quarrier Quick Reamer Red Warrior Rensford Republic River Bend Riverside Rocky Fork Rock Lake Village Ronda Rosina Ruth Ruthdale Rutledge Sanderson Sandy Sattes Schrader Sharon Snow Hill Sproul Standard Tad Three Mile Turner Twomile Tyler Heights Tyler Mountain United Victor Wallace Ward Weir Wevaco Whittaker Wilson Winifrede Youngs Bottom

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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