St. Marys counted 1,746 residents in 2025, 4.9% fewer than in 2020, so every customer counts. Web design in St. Marys does not have to be complicated: services, location and a way to get in touch. Aria builds small business websites for St. Marys companies for $89 a month, with the domain, business email and hosting included, and you only pay after you approve the website.
No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.
What makes St. Marys different, and what your website should do about it
St. Marys is the seat of Pleasants County, so the county courthouse and county offices are here. County business sustains a ring of professional firms around the courthouse, and clients pick among them carefully. Show the address, parking and the hours on every page; a visitor from out of town wants to plan the trip.
St. Marys on the map
St. Marys’ nearest neighbors are Belmont (3.4 miles, pop. 820), New Matamoras, OH (11 miles, pop. 690), Friendly (11 miles, pop. 94), Ellenboro (12 miles, pop. 244), Marietta, OH (13 miles, pop. 13,053) and Cairo (13 miles, pop. 165). 25 municipalities lie within 25 miles, each with its own customers. With 1,705 residents per square mile on 1.0 square miles of land, St. Marys is moderately dense by West Virginia standards. For big-city shopping and services, Newark, OH (51,473 residents) is 80 miles away. List the towns you actually serve, such as Belmont and Ellenboro, on your website; customers outside St. Marys want to know before they call.
St. Marys is one of 2 municipalities in Pleasants County, a county of 7,338 people.
St. Marys at a glance
Who lives in St. Marys, and what that means for your website
Half the homes in St. Marys were built before 1958. The older housing in St. Marys keeps roofers, plumbers and remodelers busy.
Only 61.6% of residents were born in West Virginia; 38.4% came from another state, most often from the Midwest. Without a website, a business is invisible to the people who arrived last year.
92.9% of households have a broadband subscription. Online research comes before the phone call.
A web designer’s view of St. Marys’ businesses
St. Marys shares ZIP code 26170 with the surrounding area, where 104 employer businesses were counted in 2023. Among them:
- Quick-service restaurants, 6 in the count. What works online: the menu with prices, hours and the closest cross streets.
- Pharmacies, 3 in the count. What works online: hours, services such as vaccines, the insurance you accept and a map.
- Insurance agencies, 3 in the count. What works online: a page per type of coverage, the agents and a contact form that sends quote requests to your email.
In Pleasants County, the Census counted 125 businesses with employees and 259 without a payroll in 2023; the second group is where a simple, affordable website changes the most. By number of employer establishments, health care and social assistance leads in Pleasants County (18.4%), followed by other services (repair, personal care, organizations) (12.8%) and retail trade (10.4%). Among St. Marys residents who work, the largest fields are education, health care and social assistance (25.6%) and manufacturing (13.0%). Each of these businesses competes for the same search: someone in St. Marys typing what they need and picking from the results that look trustworthy.
St. Marys weather and a seasonal business
By the 1991-2020 normals of the Newport weather station (0.8 miles from St. Marys), July highs average 84°F and January lows average 22°F. Precipitation totals about 45 inches a year, with July the wettest month. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 119 times a year. Cold winters bring furnace repair, snow removal, roofing and auto service, all searched in a hurry when the first cold snap arrives. Put your seasonal services on their own page, so the right page is there when the weather turns.
How Aria builds a St. Marys website
Aria is a web design company based in Curitiba, Brazil, building websites, online stores and business email since 2008. Everything is done online, so businesses in St. Marys get exactly the same plan as anyone else.
- You sign up in about 5 minutes and email us your logo, photos and anything you want on the site.
- Review the website on a temporary link, ready within 5 business days, and request any changes by email.
- Approve it: the first monthly fee is issued and your domain starts showing the new site.
After it goes live, the technical side are handled for you, and you request content changes by email at no extra cost.
- Business website or online store, same price
- Your domain, registered and renewed by us (or the one you already have)
- Business email on your domain: 5 GB, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 5 business days on a temporary link
The legal basics for St. Marys businesses online
Selling or advertising online brings no special license, but these apply to most St. Marys businesses:
- Newsletters and promotions sent from your business email must include a working way to unsubscribe (16 CFR Part 316). 16 CFR Part 316
- West Virginia’s state sales and use tax rate is 6%, and a municipality may add up to 1% more. West Virginia Tax Division
This is general information, not legal advice; check with the West Virginia agencies, Pleasants County, the city of St. Marys or an attorney.
Questions from St. Marys business owners
Can my website list the towns around St. Marys that I serve?
Yes. The website can carry a service area section naming Friendly, Marietta, Ellenboro and any other town you cover; you send the list by email.
Can my website say that the business is veteran-owned?
Yes. Send the text by email; the About page and the homepage are natural places for it.
Will someone from Aria visit my business in St. Marys?
No visits: Aria works remotely from Curitiba, Brazil. You send your logo, photos and texts by email, and approve the website on a temporary link.
Is there a setup fee?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. There is no lock-in contract either: you can end the service whenever you need.
A professional website for your St. Marys business
No setup fee, no lock-in contract: you see the finished website first and pay the first month only if you approve it.
- U.S. Census Bureau: Vintage 2025 population estimates; American Community Survey 2020-2024 (5-year); ZIP Code and County Business Patterns 2023; Nonemployer Statistics 2023; 2025 Gazetteer (straight-line distances).
- Climate: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (station USC00335939).
- The West Virginia rules come from the official sources linked in that section (checked October 30, 2026); county seats from the USGS National Atlas.