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In 1880, West Virginia amended its constitution and replaced the county court system with an arrangement that divides county government powers between seven county offices, each of which is independently elected: the county commission, county clerk, circuit clerk, county sheriff, county assessor, county prosecuting attorney, and county surveyor ...
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 ]
Brooke County; Ohio County; Marshall County; Most West Virginians also include Wetzel County, and sometimes Tyler County, directly to the south of Marshall County, as a part of the northern panhandle, although they do not lie strictly within the northern extension. [2] Prior to the 2020 redistricting, they formed the core of West Virginia's 1st ...
The Peter Tarr Furnace was the first iron furnace west of the Alleghenies. [2] The furnace was built in the 1790s by a man named Grant on property owned by American pioneer James Campbell along Kings Creek near modern Weirton, West Virginia in Hancock County. Peter Tarr purchased the business shortly after its construction, as Grant was no ...
Location of Triadelphia in Ohio County, West Virginia. Coordinates: 40°3′3″N 80°37′37″W / 40.05083°N 80.62694°W / 40.05083; -80 Country
The Weirton–Steubenville, WV–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Upper Ohio Valley, is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of two counties in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and one in Ohio, anchored by the cities of Weirton and Steubenville.
Clinton Furnace (the United States) Show map of the United States Coordinates: 39°30′57″N 79°57′59″W / 39.51583°N 79.96639°W / 39.51583; -79
The Veterans Memorial Bridge connects Weirton to Steubenville, Ohio across the Ohio River and is the border crossing between the states of West Virginia and Ohio on U.S. Route 22 The city of Weirton is located at 40°25′08″N 80°35′22″W / 40.41889°N 80.58944°W / 40.41889; -80.58944 (40.4189, −80.5894