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Wheeling
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city and seat county of Ohio County, West Virginia, United States
Wheeling is a city in West Virginia that serves as the county seat of Ohio County, making it the main governmental and administrative center for the area. It is located in the northern part of West Virginia along the Ohio River, which has historically made it an important regional hub for commerce and transportation.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Ohio , Marshall
- Settled
- 1769 ; 257 years ago ( 1769 )
- Established
- 1806 ; 220 years ago ( 1806 )
- Incorporated
- 1836 ; 190 years ago ( 1836 )
- Mayor
- Denny Magruder
- City manager
- Robert Herron
- City
- 16.00 sq mi (41.43 km )
- Land
- 13.78 sq mi (35.68 km )
- Water
- 2.22 sq mi (5.76 km ) 13.87%
- Elevation
- 686–1,299 ft (209–396 m)
- Density
- 1,963.8/sq mi (758.2/km )
- Urban
- 81,249 (US: 353rd )
- Metro
- 139,513 (US: 288th )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 54-86452
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Wheeling
- Population
- 27052
- Area
- 41.473369
- Elevation
- 396
- Official website
- www.wheelingwv.gov
- Image
- View of downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, from Wheeling Island, part of the city that lies on an island in the middle of the Ohio River LCCN2015632092.jpg
- Households
- 11734
- Dialing code
- 304
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- P8168
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- Commons category
- Wheeling, West Virginia
- postal code
- 26003
- inception
- 1774-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 13.878
- per capita income
- 29110
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Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The county seat of Ohio County, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains within the state's northern panhandle. It is the fifth-most populous city in West Virginia and the most populous city in the northern panhandle with a population of 27,062 at the 2020 census. The Wheeling metropolitan area had 139,513 residents in 2020.
Wheeling was settled in 1769 on land contested between the Province of Pennsylvania and Colony of Virginia, and later grew to become Virginia's largest city west of the Appalachian Mountains. During the American Civil War, it was the host of the Wheeling Conventions which led to the separation of West Virginia from Virginia. Wheeling was the state capital of West Virginia from 1861 to 1870, and again from 1875 to 1885.