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Wetzel

Wetzel County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,442. Its county seat is . The county, founded in 1846, is named for Lewis Wetzel, a famous frontiersman and Indian fighter.
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  • Type: County with 16,600 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Wetzel County”, “Wetzel County, Virginia”, “Wetzel County, West Virginia”, and “Wetzel County, WV”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barker and Allister.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, , United States. It was also known as Mohr.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, , United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, , United States.

Wetzel

Latitude
39.6093° or 39° 36′ 33″ north
Longitude
-80.6503° or 80° 39′ 1″ west
Population
16,600
Elevation
1,299 feet (396 metres)
Open location code
86FXJ85X+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006328
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4826911
Wiki­data ID
Q501858
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Wetzel” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Wetzel County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ويتزل”
  • Armenian: “Ուետզել շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Wetzel”
  • Basque: “Wetzel konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Wetzel County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Wetzel County”
  • Bishnupriya: “ৱেটজেল কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “ৱেটজেল কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Уетзъл”
  • Bulgarian: “Уецъл”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Wetzel”
  • Cebuano: “Wetzel County”
  • Chechen: “Уэтзел”
  • Chinese: “Wetzel Kūn”
  • Chinese: “威索县”
  • Chinese: “威索縣”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Wetzel, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Wetzel”
  • Dutch: “Wetzel County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Wetzel”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Wetzel”
  • Esperanto: “Wetzel County”
  • Finnish: “Wetzelin piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Wetzel”
  • French: “comté de Wetzel”
  • French: “Comté de Wetzel”
  • Georgian: “ვეტცელის ოლქი”
  • German: “Wetzel County”
  • Gilaki: “وتزل ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “وتزل ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hungarian: “Wetzel megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Wetzel”
  • Italian: “contea di Wetzel”
  • Italian: “Contea di Wetzel”
  • Japanese: “ウェッツェル郡”
  • Korean: “웨츨군”
  • Low German: “Wetzel County”
  • Mazanderani: “وتزل شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Wetzel Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wetzel Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wetzel County”
  • Norwegian: “Wetzel County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان وتزل، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان وتزل”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Wetzel”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Wetzel”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Wetzel, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Wetzel”
  • Russian: “Ветцель”
  • Russian: “Уэтзел”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Wetzel”
  • Serbian: “Wetzel County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Вецел”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wetzel County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wetzel County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Wetzel”
  • Slovenian: “Wetzel County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Wetzel”
  • Swedish: “Wetzel County”
  • Tatar: “Уэтзел (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Уэтзел”
  • Turkish: “Wetzel County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Wetzel County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Wetzel County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Wetzel County”
  • Turkish: “Wetzel ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Wetzel ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Wetzel ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Wetzel ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ветзел”
  • Urdu: “ویٹزل کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “ویٹزل کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Wetzel”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Wetzel, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Wetzel, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Wetzel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Wetzel, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Wetzel”
  • Welsh: “Wetzel County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Wetzel County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویٹزل کاؤنٹی”

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