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Wetzel County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,442. [1] Its county seat is New Martinsville. [2] The county, founded in 1846, is named for Lewis Wetzel, a famous frontiersman and Indian fighter. [3]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of West Virginia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 233 law enforcement agencies employing 3,382 sworn police officers, about 186 for each 100,000 residents.
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
As of Oct. 31, Wetzel County is under extreme drought conditions. 12 News has reached out to Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Gov. Jim Justice’s (R) office and received the following response from ...
New Martinsville is located at (39.657465, -80.859504 Doolin Run and Fishing Creek are located downstream nearby, just south of town. [8] [9]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.71 square miles (7.02 km 2), of which 2.67 square miles (6.92 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) is water.
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/Mellinger for Sheriff Facebook/West Virginia Regional JailIt was 2019, and a contentious, mudslinging election for Jackson County ...
John Hall (April 1805 – April 11, 1881), born in Ireland, became a farmer, local sheriff and politician, and possibly the wealthiest man in Mason County (which became part of the state of West Virginia in part through his efforts). However, in October 1862 he killed another West Virginia founder, local newspaper editor Lewis Wetzel, because ...
Transportation in Wetzel County, West Virginia (10 P) Pages in category "Wetzel County, West Virginia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.