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54-85156. GNIS feature ID. 1555932 [6] Website. Official website. Weirton (/ ˈwɪərtən / WEER-tən) is a city in Hancock and Brooke counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located along the Ohio River in the state's Northern Panhandle, the city's population was 19,163 as of the 2020 census, making it the seventh most populous city in ...
Name Term Reference Thomas E. Millsop: 1947–1955 Samuel Kusic: 1955–1959 David T. Frew: 1959–1963 Frank A. Rybka: 1963–1971 Mike A. Andochick Jr.
1st. Website. www.hancockcountywv.org. Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,095. [1] Its county seat is New Cumberland and its largest city is Weirton. [2] The county was created from Brooke County in 1848 and named for John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of ...
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. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 116,903. [1]
The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation is an agency of the U.S. state of West Virginia within the state Department of Homeland Security that operates the state's prisons, jails and juvenile detention facilities. The agency has its headquarters in the state's capital of Charleston. [1]
January 1, 1976. 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 ...
93001230 [1] Added to NRHP. November 15, 1993. Marland Heights Park and Margaret Manson Weir Memorial Pool is a historic park and swimming pool located at Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. The Park was dedicated in July 1934 and is a contributing site. It has two contributing structures and one building; the Margaret Manson ...
93000611 [1] Added to NRHP. September 23, 1993. Johnston-Truax House is a historic home located at Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia. The original log section was built in 1785, and expanded about 1850 and in 1886. It is a -story building with a one-story wing. It has log walls covered with clapboard and in turn with siding.