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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 ] Its county seat is Wheeling. [ 2 ] The county was formed in 1776 from the District of West Augusta, Virginia. [ 3 ]
The West Virginia Archives and History houses materials on the state from its earliest date to the present, including letters, diaries, maps, photographs, newspapers, state government records, and audiovisual materials. [ 31] The Ruth Ann Musick Library at Fairmont State University. Academic Library. Marion County.
The Chestnut Ridge people (CRP) are a mixed-race community concentrated in an area northeast of Philippi, Barbour County in north-central West Virginia, with smaller related communities in the adjacent counties of Harrison and Taylor. They are often referred to as "Mayles" (from the most common surname — Mayle or Male), or "Guineas" (now ...
Lewis Wetzel. Lewis Wetzel (1763 [1] – 1808) was an American scout and frontiersman. Because of how feared he was by the Native American Tribes, he was nicknamed "Death Wind". [citation needed][tone] He stood about 6 ft with dark brown hair. He was an expert with a knife and tomahawk and was even deadlier with a black powder rifle, or musket.
People from Wheeling, West Virginia (12 C, 41 P) Pages in category "People from Ohio County, West Virginia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Wheeling. 5. Centre Market Square Historic District. Centre Market Square Historic District. January 12, 1984. ( #84003651) Roughly Market St. between 20th and 23rd Sts.; also the southern side of Main from Alley 19 to 20th St., and Chapline, Eoff and Charles Sts. bounded by Lane C, 22nd, and 24th Sts.