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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 .
WesBanco Arena (originally Wheeling Civic Center) is a multi-purpose arena located in Wheeling, West Virginia.It was built in 1977 at a cost of $7 million. It is home to the Wheeling Nailers ice hockey team, the Wheeling Miners indoor football team, the Mountain East Conference basketball tournament and the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference wrestling tournament.
The Wheeling, WV–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and one in eastern Ohio, anchored by the city of Wheeling.
Oglebay Park is a self-supporting public municipal park, the only one of its kind, located on the outskirts of Wheeling, West Virginia, on 1,650 acres (670 ha).In 1926, Earl W. Oglebay (of Oglebay, Norton, and Company) deeded his estate, Waddington Farms, to the city of Wheeling for the express purpose of public recreation. [5]
Mountain is located in extreme northeastern Ritchie County along West Virginia Route 74 and the Hughes River, 6.2 miles (10.0 km) north-northeast of Pennsboro. [2] The community was known as Mole Hill prior to 1949, when residents requested that the name be changed to Mountain [ 1 ] as part of a publicity stunt to literally make a mountain out ...
A telephone number (681-990-TEST (8378)) for testing proper routing to the new area code from any West Virginia telephone number went into service on December 28, 2008, and remained active through June 28, 2009.
Mount Olive is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Olive is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-northwest of Gauley Bridge. The town itself has no ZIP code; however, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, West Virginia's maximum-security state prison, is located near the town and has a post office with ZIP code ...
Triadelphia is located at (40.050705, -80.627015), [8] along Little Wheeling Creek and Middle Wheeling Creek, which are tributaries of Wheeling [ 9 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 0.67 square miles (1.74 km 2 ), all land.