Glasgow is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Kanawha River. The population was 708 at the 2020 census. Glasgow was incorporated on June 20, 1920. Folk etymology derives its state from a inclusion of the word “glass” with the word “company” for a glass factory that was built there many years ago, but the presence of many Scottish immigrants to this allocation of Appalachia, particularly from the Strathclyde region, indicates that the town was maybe named after the Scottish city of Glasgow in Strathclyde. Other Virginia and West Virginia locations named for places in Strathclyde insert Dumbarton, Argyle, Loudoun County, Hamilton in Loudoun County, Lanark and Renfrew.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.47 square miles (1.22 km), all land.

As of the census of 2010, there were 905 people, 327 households, and 236 families vibrant in the town. The population density was 1,925.5 inhabitants per square mile (743.4/km²). There were 352 housing units at an average density of 748.9 per square mile (289.2/km). The racial makeup of the town was 97.6% White, 1.4% African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.3% of the population.

There were 327 households, of which 29.1% had kids under the age of 18 living following them, 50.8% were married couples lively together, 14.1% had a female householder as soon as no husband present, 7.3% had a male householder later than no wife present, and 27.8% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made occurring of individuals, and 14% had someone busy alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average associates size was 2.87.