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The northern panhandle is one of the two panhandles in the U.S. state of West Virginia.It is a culturally and geographically distinct region of the state. It is the state's northernmost extension, bounded by Ohio and the Ohio River on the north and west and the state of Pennsylvania on the east.
There are listings in every one of West Virginia's 55 counties. Listings range from prehistoric sites such as Grave Creek Mound , to Cool Spring Farm in the state's eastern panhandle, one of the state's first homesteads, to relatively newer, yet still historical, residences and commercial districts.
The environment of West Virginia encompasses terrain and ecosystems ranging from plateaus to mountains. Most of West Virginia lies within the Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests ecoregion , while the higher elevations along the eastern border and in the panhandle lie within the Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests .
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]
Wheeling is located in northern West Virginia, on what is known as the Northern Panhandle. The area lies within the ecoregion of the Western Allegheny Plateau . [ 27 ] The city is directly across the river from the state of Ohio and only 11 miles (18 km) west of Pennsylvania .
[3] [4] Located at the tip of the state's Northern Panhandle, Hancock County is the northernmost point in both West Virginia and, by some definitions, the Southern United States. Hancock County is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area , which is also included in the Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-WV-OH ...
Brooke County is a county in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,559. [1] Its county seat is Wellsburg. [2] The county was created in 1797 from part of Ohio County [3] and named in honor of Robert Brooke, Governor of Virginia from 1794 to 1796. [4]
Marshall County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.At the 2020 census, the population was 30,591. [1] Its county seat is Moundsville. [2] With its southern border at what would be a continuation of the Mason-Dixon line to the Ohio River, it forms the base of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.