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Weirton

Weirton is a city in the northern panhandle of . This city is built on the steel industry which you can find along the Ohio River and is origin location of Weirton Steel.
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  • Type: City with 19,700 residents
  • Description: city in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Weirton, West Virginia” and “Weirton, WV”
  • Postal code: 26062

Places of Interest

Highlights include Griffen Island and Weir High School.

Islet
is a bar in the Ohio River located along the southwestern side of near Weirton in , . It has also been known throughout its history as Hop Island.

School
is a secondary public high school in the city of Weirton, West Virginia. It was established in 1916. Today, is home to roughly 601 students in grades 9 through 12.

Building
Photo: Generic1139, CC BY-SA 3.0.
People's Bank is a historic bank building located at Weirton, . It was built in 1930, and is a small Classical Revival building constructed of concrete, steel, brick and stone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pottery Addition and Marland Heights.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , , United States. Its population was 258 as of the 2020 census. The community is located along the Ohio River and is served by Ohio State Route 7.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. was incorporated in 1940, and was named for E. W. Marland, Governor of Oklahoma, who had resided nearby in Arroyo.

Quarter
is a neighborhood of Weirton, West Virginia, United States. is located along WV 105 east of downtown Weirton. was incorporated in 1938, and was named for steel manufacturer Ernest T. Weir.

Weirton

Latitude
40.4002° or 40° 24′ 1″ north
Longitude
-80.59° or 80° 35′ 24″ west
Population
19,700
Elevation
755 feet (230 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WET
Open location code
86GXCC26+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154097961
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5280814
Wiki­data ID
Q1873442
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Weirton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويرتون”
  • Basque: “Weirton, West Virginia (Mendebaldeko Virginia)”
  • Basque: “Weirton”
  • Catalan: “Weirton”
  • Cebuano: “Weirton”
  • Chechen: “Виртон (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
  • Chechen: “Виртон”
  • Chinese: “Weirton”
  • Chinese: “韋爾頓”
  • Chinese: “韦尔顿”
  • Cornish: “Weirton, Virjynni West”
  • Czech: “Weirton”
  • Dagbani: “Weirton”
  • Danish: “Weirton”
  • Dutch: “Weirton”
  • Finnish: “Weirton”
  • French: “Weirton”
  • Galician: “Weirton”
  • German: “Weirton”
  • Gilaki: “ویرتن (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “ویرتن”
  • Hebrew: “ויירטון”
  • Interlingua: “Weirton”
  • Irish: “Weirton”
  • Italian: “Weirton”
  • Japanese: “ウィアトン”
  • Ladin: “Weirton”
  • Malagasy: “Weirton, West Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Weirton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Weirton”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Weirton”
  • Norwegian: “Weirton”
  • Persian: “ویرتون، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “ویرتون”
  • Polish: “Weirton”
  • Portuguese: “Weirton”
  • Russian: “Уиртон”
  • Serbian: “Виртн”
  • Serbian: “Виртон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Weirton, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Weirton”
  • Slovak: “Weirton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وئیرتون، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Weirton, Virginia Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Weirton”
  • Swedish: “Weirton”
  • Talysh: “Virton”
  • Tatar: “Виртон (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Виртон”
  • Turkish: “Weirton, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Weirton”
  • Ukrainian: “Віртон”
  • Urdu: “ویئرٹن، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “ویئرٹن”
  • Vietnamese: “Weirton, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Weirton, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Weirton”
  • Volapük: “Weirton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Weirton, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Weirton”
  • Welsh: “Weirton, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Weirton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Weirton”. Photo: Cutlass, CC0.