Moundsville

Moundsville is a city in and the county seat of , United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 8,122 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Town with 9,460 residents
  • Description: city in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: Elizabeth”, “Elizabeth Town”, “Elizabethtown”, “Flats of Grave Creek”, “Grave Creek”, “Grave Creek Flats”, “Mound City”, “Moundsville, West Virginia”, “Moundsville, WV”, and “Mount Elizabeth
  • Postal code: 26041

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Virginia Penitentiary and Grave Creek Mound.

The , located in Moundsville, West Virginia is now a withdrawn and retired gothic-style prison that operated from 1866 to 1995. The site is now being maintained as a tourist attraction, museum, training facility, and filming location.

Archaeological site
The in the Ohio River Valley in is one of the largest conical-type burial mounds in the , now standing 62 feet high and 240 feet in diameter.

Bridge
The is a four-lane through arch bridge that connects , and Moundsville, across the Ohio River. The approach routes to the bridge carries Ohio State Route 872 on the Ohio side and the unsigned West Virginia Route 2 Spur on the West Virginia side.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glendale and Dilles Bottom.

Village
Glen Dale is a city in , United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. The population was 1,514 at the 2020 census.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Southeastern , United States. The community is located along the Ohio River five miles south of . It is the proposed site for an ethane cracker plant.

Moundsville

Latitude
39.9204° or 39° 55′ 14″ north
Longitude
-80.7432° or 80° 44′ 36″ west
Population
9,460
Elevation
696 feet (212 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US MFZ
Open location code
86FXW7C4+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154122061
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4815462
Wiki­data ID
Q2361821
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Moundsville” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مووندسفيل
  • Basque: Moundsville
  • Catalan: Moundsville
  • Cebuano: Moundsville
  • Chechen: Маундсвилл (Малхбузен Вирджини)
  • Chechen: Маундсвилл
  • Chinese: Moundsville
  • Chinese: 芒德維爾
  • Chinese: 芒茲維爾
  • Czech: Moundsville
  • Dagbani: Moundsville
  • Danish: Moundsville
  • Dutch: Moundsville
  • Egyptian Arabic: مووندسفيل
  • French: Moundsville
  • German: Moundsville
  • Gilaki: مأؤندزویل (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)
  • Gilaki: مأؤندزویل
  • Hungarian: Moundsville
  • Irish: Moundsville
  • Italian: Moundsville
  • Japanese: マウンズヴィル
  • Japanese: マウンズビル
  • Korean: 마운즈빌
  • Ladin: Moundsville
  • Malagasy: Moundsville, West Virginia
  • Malagasy: Moundsville
  • Min Nan Chinese: Moundsville
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Moundsville
  • Norwegian: Moundsville
  • Persian: ماوندزویل، ویرجینیای غربی
  • Persian: ماوندزویل
  • Polish: Moundsville
  • Portuguese: Moundsville
  • Russian: Маундсвилл
  • Serbian: Маундсвил
  • Serbo-Croatian: Moundsville, West Virginia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Moundsville
  • Slovak: Moundsville
  • Slovenian: Moundsville
  • Spanish: Moundsville (Virginia Occidental)
  • Spanish: Moundsville
  • Swedish: Moundsville
  • Tatar: Маундсвилл (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)
  • Tatar: Маундсвилл
  • Turkish: Moundsville, Batı Virginia
  • Turkish: Moundsville
  • Ukrainian: Маундсвілл
  • Vietnamese: Moundsville, West Virginia
  • Vietnamese: Moundsville
  • Volapük: Moundsville, West Virginia
  • Volapük: Moundsville
  • Welsh: Moundsville, Gorllewin Virginia
  • Welsh: Moundsville

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