Weirton
Weirton is a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia. This city is built on the steel industry which you can find along the Ohio River and is origin location of Weirton Steel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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.
Griffen Island
Islet
Griffen Island is a bar in the Ohio River located along the southwestern side of Browns Island near Weirton in Hancock County, West Virginia. It has also been known throughout its history as Hop Island.
Weir High School
School
Weir High School is a secondary public high school in the city of Weirton, West Virginia. It was established in 1916. Today, Weir High School is home to roughly 601 students in grades 9 through 12.
People’s Bank
Building
Photo: Generic1139, CC BY-SA 3.0.
People's Bank is a historic bank building located at Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia. 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.
Pottery Addition
Hamlet
Pottery Addition is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Ohio, 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.
Marland Heights
Neighborhood
Marland Heights is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. Marland Heights was incorporated in 1940, and was named for E. W. Marland, Governor of Oklahoma, who had resided nearby in Arroyo.
Weirton Heights
Quarter
Weirton Heights is a neighborhood of Weirton, West Virginia, United States. Weirton Heights is located along WV 105 east of downtown Weirton. Weirton Heights was incorporated in 1938, and was named for steel manufacturer Ernest T. Weir.
Weirton
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Hancock, Ohio Valley, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.4002° or 40° 24′ 1″ northLongitude
-80.59° or 80° 35′ 24″ westPopulation
19,700Elevation
755 feet (230 metres)United Nations Location Code
US WETOpen location code
86GXCC26+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 154097961OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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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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