Baxter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.5576, -78.0775
- Elevation
- 185 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 116 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Baxter, West Virginia, United States
You can see the current local time of Baxter, West Virginia, United States on this page, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Baxter, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Baxter
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Baxter keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 5:11 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 5:39 PM
Weather in Baxter right now
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Baxter and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26560
- 38544
- 40806
- 50028
- 56425
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in West Virginia
- Huntington 48 638
- Charleston 46 838
- Parkersburg 30 991
- Morgantown 30 708
- Wheeling 27 648
- Weirton Heights 19 450
Other places named Baxter
- Baxter Minnesota, United States
- Baxter Victoria, Australia
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- Baxter Iowa, United States
- Baxter Ontario, Canada
Same time zone — America/New_York
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- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Johnsontown — 4.0 km
- Tomahawk — 4.0 km
- Holton — 5.0 km
- Snyders — 5.5 km
- Hedgesville — 7.1 km
- Jones Springs — 7.5 km
About the time in Baxter
Postal designations for Baxter total 5.
The local zone in Baxter is America/New_York, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:43 AM today in Baxter, with the sun setting at 5:11 PM. That leaves 10 h 29 min of light.
Time in Johnsontown and Tomahawk, both close to Baxter, runs the same.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Baxter in for local time?
- For local time, Baxter is in America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Baxter include a summer time period?
- No.
- Please give the sunset time for Baxter.
- The sun sets at 5:11 PM.