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Brooke County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- November 30, 1797
- Named after
- Robert Brooke
- Seat
- Wellsburg
- Largest city
- Follansbee
- Total
- 92.57 sq mi (239.8 km )
- Land
- 89.20 sq mi (231.0 km )
- Water
- 3.37 sq mi (8.7 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 21,142
- Density
- 252.9/sq mi (97.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .brookecountywv .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 22559
- Area
- 239
- Elevation
- 350
- Official website
- www.brookewv.org
- Image
- Old Main at Bethany College, eastern front.jpg
- Households
- 9792
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- native label
- Brooke County
- Commons category
- Brooke County, West Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 3.6
- inception
- 1796-11-30
- per capita income
- 26694
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Brooke County is a county in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,559. Its county seat is Wellsburg. The county was created in 1797 from part of Ohio County and named in honor of Robert Brooke, Governor of Virginia from 1794 to 1796. Brooke County is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-WV-OH Combined Statistical Area.
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