Weirton Heights, West Virginia | |
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  Weirton Heights | |
| Coordinates: 40°24′30″N80°32′21″W / 40.40833°N 80.53917°W Coordinates: 40°24′30″N80°32′21″W / 40.40833°N 80.53917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Hancock |
| Elevation | 1,197 ft (365 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS ID | 1555933 [1] |
Weirton Heights is a neighborhood of Weirton, West Virginia, United States.
Weirton Heights is located along WV 105 east of downtown Weirton.
U.S. Route 22 is a west–east route and is one of the original United States highways of 1926, running from Cincinnati, Ohio, at US 27, US 42, US 127, and US 52 to Newark, New Jersey, at U.S. Route 1/9 in the Newark Airport Interchange.
Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 30,676. Its county seat is New Cumberland and its largest city is Weirton. The county was created from Brooke County in 1848 and named for John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Hancock County is the northernmost point in both West Virginia and, by some definitions, the Southern United States; being at the tip of the state's Northern Panhandle. Hancock 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.
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.
Weirton is a city in Brooke and Hancock counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located primarily in Hancock County, the city lies in the northern portions of the state's Northern Panhandle region. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 19,163. Weirton is a principal city of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 116,903 residents in 2020. Additionally, Weirton is a part of Greater Pittsburgh, the 24th largest combined statistical area in the United States.
Weirton Steel was a steel production company founded by Ernest T. Weir in West Virginia in 1909. It was at one time one of the world's largest producers of tin plate products.
West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) is a public, multi-campus community college with its main campus in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia. The main campus is housed in the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Terminal at Wheeling.
West Virginia Route 105 is an east–west state highway located within Weirton, West Virginia, United States. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 2 north of downtown Weirton. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 22 in Weirton Heights, just 1/2 mile west of the Pennsylvania state line.
Weirton Madonna High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Weirton, West Virginia. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.
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. This puts it at 334th largest in the United States. It is also included in the larger Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton, PA–OH–WV Combined Statistical Area.
Hollidays Cove is a neighborhood in Weirton, West Virginia, United States. Founded in 1793, Hollidays Cove was the earliest permanent white settlement in what was then Brooke County, Virginia, later becoming Hancock County, West Virginia. The settlement was named after John Holliday, who built a log cabin in a valley on Harmon's Creek in 1776.
John Holliday was an early American pioneer who was the first white settler to build a cabin along a cove on Harmon Creek in what was once Brooke County, West Virginia but today is Hancock County, West Virginia. The town of Hollidays Cove was named after John Holliday and was officially founded in 1793.
The 1984 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph chose to retire instead of seeking re-election to a fifth term, and was succeeded by West Virginia Governor Jay Rockefeller, who defeated Republican John Raese in one of the closer races of the year.
Weir Senior High School is a secondary public high school in the town of Weirton, West Virginia. It was established in 1916. Today, Weir High School is home to roughly 640 students in grades 9 through 12. It is a part of the Hancock County school district. The school has been named a school of excellence and a national blue ribbon school. Its curriculum is broad and consists of career clusters designed to help students determine a path of higher education.
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 Weir Memorial Pool, a large wood timber and stone picnic shelter, and a tool shed. The ovoid-shaped pool was built in 1934, with funds from the David Weir Estate and maintenance support from the Weirton Steel Corporation. The main entrance to the pool features Art Deco style design features.
The 1968 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Mountaineers' 76th overall season and they competed as an independent. The team was led by head coach Jim Carlen, in his third year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of 7–3.
The Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton, PA–OH–WV Combined Statistical Area is a 12-county Combined Statistical Area (CSA) in the United States. The principal city of the area is the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but the CSA includes parts of the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. It was officially defined by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013. The estimated population of the area was 2,635,228 in mid-2016.
The Review is a daily local newspaper based in East Liverpool, Ohio and serving the city of East Liverpool, southern Columbiana County, Ohio and northern Hancock County, West Virginia. The paper was founded in 1879 by former Pittsburgh Gazette city editor William McCord as a weekly paper called The Saturday Review, launching on October 29 of that year. In 1885, the paper increased its publication to a daily basis, a frequency the paper maintains to the present. Following this change, the paper was retitled The Evening News Review. In 1904, this was shortened to The Evening Review and by the 1930s, the paper had been retitled as the East Liverpool Review. Today, the paper is simply called The Review and is owned by Ogden Newspapers, who also owns the nearby newspapers Morning Journal, Salem News, The Vindicator, Tribune Chronicle, Herald-Star, Weirton Daily Times, Martins Ferry Times Leader and The Intelligencer & Wheeling News Register.
Thais F. O'Donnell Shuler Blatnik was an American journalist and politician who served in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature.
Joanna Lynn Bernabei-McNamee is an American college basketball coach who is currently head women's basketball coach at Boston College.
Kenneth "Ken" R. Reed is an American politician, businessman, and pharmacist serving as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 59th district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on December 1, 2020.
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