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The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Wheeling, West Virginia. Subcategories This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.
The Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company (formerly the Helme Tobacco Company) of Wheeling, West Virginia was a tobacco company founded by brothers Aaron and Samuel Bloch in 1879. [1] It was best known for its Mail Pouch chewing tobacco. Mail Pouch was a popular chew advertised on over 20,000 barns, [2] many located in the rural Ohio River Valley ...
Ohio County is a county located in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia, and forms part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census , the population was 42,425. [ 1 ]
Ohio County: The WALS Foundation Reuther-Wheeling Library & Archive houses materials related to the history of labor and union activity, both in West Virginia and more generally. [39] The collection includes photographs, magazines, books, booklets, brochures, and memorabilia. Archives of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston: Religious Institution ...
The seat of Ohio County, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains within the state's Northern Panhandle. [5] As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 27,062, making it the fifth-most populous city in West Virginia and the most populous in the Northern Panhandle.
1933 – Ohio County Public Library active. [12] 1935 – Wheeling News-Register newspaper in publication. [7] 1936 March 19: Ohio River flood. [4] City centennial. [16] 1937 – January 26: Ohio River flood of 1937. [4] 1942 – December 21: Ohio River flood. [4] 1950 – February 9, 1950: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy made the "Enemies Within ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio County, West Virginia. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
This is a list of mayors of Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America. Mayors. Name Term start Term end George Miller [1] 1806 1807 Moses Chapline [1]