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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]
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.
The Wetzel Chronicle is a newspaper serving New Martinsville, West Virginia, and surrounding Wetzel County. [2] Published weekly, it has a circulation of 4,630 and is owned by Ogden Newspapers. [ 3 ] Since April 2018, Eric Anderson has been the publisher.
War Memorial Building is a historic community building located at New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was built in 1929, and is a two-story, buff-colored wire brick building with Neoclassical design elements. The building was dedicated as a living memorial to the World War I veterans and is available for any group in the county ...
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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 the census [3] of 2000, there were 207 people, 73 households, and 48 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,149.1 inhabitants per square mile (444.0/km 2).
Folsom is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.It lies at an elevation of 925 feet (282 m). [1]Folsom used to be called Robinson, [1] named after the Robinson Improvement Company, and was later changed to Folsom, after Francis Folsom, the maiden name of Grover Cleveland's wife.