{"id":8746,"date":"2023-10-06T07:48:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T07:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8746"},"modified":"2026-08-08T22:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:53:17","slug":"ohio-county-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/ohio-county-west-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio County, West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio County is a county in West Virginia, United States, in the state&#8217;s Northern Panhandle,<br \/>\nabout 60 miles west of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It had a population of 42,425 at the 2020 census,<br \/>\nan estimated 40,496 by 2024, and covers 109 square miles (278 km2), of which 106 square miles<br \/>\n(270 km2) is land, centred near 40\u00b006\u2032N 80\u00b037\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Wheeling is the county seat and the county&#8217;s only city; its postal code is 26003. The<br \/>\ncounty holds 1 city, 2 towns and 3 villages, plus two former towns now inside Wheeling&#8217;s city<br \/>\nlimits and a few unincorporated crossroads along the National Road, and it runs on Eastern Time.<br \/>\nIts FIPS code is 54069.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Ohio County<\/h2>\n<p>Ohio County has 11 named places on record: a city, two towns, three villages, two former towns<br \/>\nnow folded into Wheeling with no government or ZIP code of their own, and three unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunities strung along US 40 west of the city. Neighborhood covers a place inside Wheeling&#8217;s<br \/>\ncity limits; Unincorp. covers a crossroads with no formal boundary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wheeling<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>27,052<\/td>\n<td>26003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bethlehem<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>2,605<\/td>\n<td>26003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West Liberty<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>1,454<\/td>\n<td>26074<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Triadelphia<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>669<\/td>\n<td>26059<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clearview<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>472<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Valley Grove<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>275<\/td>\n<td>26060<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Warwood<\/td>\n<td>Neighborhood<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>26003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Elm Grove<\/td>\n<td>Neighborhood<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>26003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Roneys Point<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Point Mills<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Valley Camp<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wheeling&#8217;s population figure above is citywide, and it is worth a note: Wheeling is<br \/>\nchartered across two counties, and while nearly all of the city sits in Ohio County, a small<br \/>\nsouthern section reaches into Marshall County, which has no page of its own on this site. Warwood<br \/>\nand Elm Grove were once separate riverside and National Road communities; both were annexed into<br \/>\nWheeling long ago and now carry the city&#8217;s own address and 26003 ZIP code rather than one of<br \/>\ntheir own.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>26003 &mdash; Wheeling and Bethlehem (also covers the annexed Warwood and Elm Grove neighborhoods)<\/li>\n<li>26074 &mdash; West Liberty<\/li>\n<li>26059 &mdash; Triadelphia<\/li>\n<li>26060 &mdash; Valley Grove<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clearview and the unincorporated communities of Roneys Point, Point Mills and Valley Camp have<br \/>\nno ZIP code of their own; mail to those addresses is delivered under the nearest post office&#8217;s<br \/>\ncode.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Ohio County sits in West Virginia&#8217;s Northern Panhandle, a narrow strip of the state wedged<br \/>\nbetween Pennsylvania and Ohio along the Ohio River, which forms the county&#8217;s western border.<br \/>\nOf its 109 square miles, 106 are land and 3.2 are water, about 2.9 percent, carried mostly by<br \/>\nWheeling Creek and its tributary Little Wheeling Creek, which cut the valleys that US 40 and the<br \/>\ncounty&#8217;s towns follow. The county was originally far larger at its 1776 formation, reaching<br \/>\ninto what are now Washington and Greene counties in Pennsylvania, before a series of border<br \/>\ndisputes tied to the Mason&ndash;Dixon line survey trimmed it to its present size. County government<br \/>\nruns through three magisterial districts, consolidated from ten historic districts in the 1980s;<br \/>\nthey are used for elections, not as separate local governments.<\/p>\n<p>Brooke County lies to the north, Marshall County to the south, Washington County, Pennsylvania,<br \/>\nto the east, and Belmont and Jefferson counties, Ohio, to the west across the Ohio River.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/brooke-county\/\">Brooke County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/washington-county-pennsylvania\/\">Washington County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/belmont-county\/\">Belmont County<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/jefferson-county-ohio\/\">Jefferson County<\/a> all have their<br \/>\nown pages on this site; Marshall County does not.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Ohio County had a population of 42,425 at the 2020 census, and the latest estimate puts the<br \/>\ncounty near 40,496 residents, a decline typical of the older industrial Northern Panhandle.<br \/>\nWheeling and Bethlehem are by far the two largest communities, together holding well over<br \/>\ntwo-thirds of the county&#8217;s population. Median household income runs about $57,094, slightly<br \/>\nabove West Virginia&#8217;s statewide 2023 ACS figure of $55,948. Population density works out to<br \/>\nroughly 400 people per square mile of land, high for West Virginia outside the Eastern Panhandle,<br \/>\nreflecting the county&#8217;s small footprint and urban core around Wheeling.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Health care and social assistance is the county&#8217;s biggest employment sector, about 3,326<br \/>\nworkers, followed by retail trade at 2,387 and educational services at 2,012. WesBanco, a regional<br \/>\nbank holding company operating across West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland and<br \/>\nsouthern Indiana, is headquartered at 1 Bank Plaza in downtown Wheeling and employs roughly 2,195<br \/>\npeople company-wide. West Liberty University, West Virginia&#8217;s oldest institution of higher<br \/>\neducation, anchors the town of West Liberty. On Wheeling&#8217;s outskirts, Oglebay Park draws more<br \/>\nthan 3 million visitors a year for its golf courses, the Good Zoo and, each winter, the Oglebay<br \/>\nFestival of Lights, a six-mile drive of synchronized light displays that began in 1985 and now<br \/>\nspreads across the city.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Virginia&#8217;s colonial government formed Ohio County on October 7, 1776, out of the District<br \/>\nof West Augusta, and named it for the Ohio River along its western edge. West Liberty, then known<br \/>\nas Black&#8217;s Cabin, served as county seat from 1777 to 1797, before the seat moved to Wheeling.<\/p>\n<p>In September 1782, during the siege of Fort Henry on the site of present-day Wheeling, defenders<br \/>\nran low on gunpowder. A local resident, Betty Zane, ran from the fort to a nearby homestead and<br \/>\nback under fire to retrieve a fresh supply, and the fort held. Nearly eighty years later, delegates<br \/>\nfrom 26 counties in Virginia&#8217;s north and west met at Wheeling in 1861, at what is now West<br \/>\nVirginia Independence Hall, and voted against secession from the Union, setting in motion the<br \/>\ncreation of West Virginia as a separate state. Wheeling served as the new state&#8217;s first capital<br \/>\nfrom 1863 to 1870, and again from 1875 to 1885. The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, completed in 1849<br \/>\nto carry traffic across the Ohio River to Wheeling Island, was for a time the longest suspension<br \/>\nbridge in the world, and its design influenced the later Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 70 and Interstate 470 cross Wheeling, and US Route 40, the historic National Road,<br \/>\nruns the length of the county alongside West Virginia Route 2.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania &mdash; about 60 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Columbus, Ohio &mdash; about 120 miles west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wheeling Ohio County Airport, eight miles northeast of downtown Wheeling, handles general<br \/>\naviation only; it lost scheduled airline service in 1970. Pittsburgh International Airport, about<br \/>\n60 miles east, is the nearest airport with commercial passenger flights.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Ohio County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in West Virginia&#8217;s Northern Panhandle, about 60 miles west of Pittsburgh, bordered<br \/>\nby Brooke, Marshall, Washington (Pennsylvania), Belmont (Ohio) and Jefferson (Ohio) counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Ohio County?<\/strong><br \/>\n42,425 at the 2020 census, with a 2024 estimate near 40,496.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Ohio County?<\/strong><br \/>\n109 square miles (278 km2), of which 106 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Ohio County?<\/strong><br \/>\nWheeling, the county&#8217;s only city, has been the seat since 1797, after West Liberty served in<br \/>\nthat role from 1777.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and villages are in Ohio County?<\/strong><br \/>\nOne city (Wheeling), two towns (West Liberty and Triadelphia), three villages (Bethlehem,<br \/>\nClearview and Valley Grove), two former towns now inside Wheeling (Warwood and Elm Grove), and<br \/>\nthree unincorporated communities on US 40: Roneys Point, Point Mills and Valley Camp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Ohio County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n26003 for Wheeling and Bethlehem, 26074 for West Liberty, 26059 for Triadelphia and 26060 for<br \/>\nValley Grove.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Ohio County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe 1861 Wheeling Convention that created West Virginia, the 1782 siege of Fort Henry and Betty<br \/>\nZane&#8217;s gunpowder run, and Oglebay Park&#8217;s Festival of Lights each winter.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/west-virginia\/\">Towns and villages in West Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio County is a county in West Virginia, United States, in the state&#8217;s Northern Panhandle, about 60 miles west of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It had a population of 42,425 at the 2020 census, an estimated 40,496 by 2024, and covers 109 square miles (278 km2), of which 106 square miles (270 km2) is land, centred near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Towns & Villages in Ohio County, West Virginia","_seopress_titles_desc":"All 11 towns, villages and neighborhoods in Ohio County, West Virginia - type, population and ZIP for each, plus Wheeling statehood history.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-8746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-west-virginia","tag-towns-and-cities","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9610,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8746\/revisions\/9610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}