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Wheeling

Wheeling, also known as the "Friendly City" or the "Nail City", is a city of 26,000 people in . Wheeling is known for having more Victorian architecture than any other city in the United States.
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  • Type: City with 28,500 residents
  • Description: city and seat county of Ohio County, West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Fort Fincastle”, “Fort Henry”, “Nail City”, “Weeling”, “Whealing”, “Wheelin”, “Wheeling, Virginia”, “Wheeling, West Virginia”, “Wheeling, WV”, and “Zanesburg”
  • Postal code: 26003

Places of Interest

Highlights include WesBanco Arena and Capitol Theatre.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose arena located in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was built in 1977 at a cost of $7 million. It is home to the Wheeling Nailers ice hockey team, the Wheeling Miners indoor football team, the Mountain East Conference basketball tournament and the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference wrestling tournament.

Theater building
The is the largest theatre in and a landmark building in the national historic district of downtown Wheeling. For many years, it has served as the home of Jamboree USA and the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra.

Bridge
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The is a suspension bridge spanning the main channel of the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world from 1849 until 1851.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Wheeling Historic District and Wheeling Warehouse Historic District.

Neighborhood
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is a national historic district located at Wheeling, . The district encompasses 300 contributing buildings and one contributing site, including the .

Neighborhood
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is a national historic district located at Wheeling, . The district includes 20 contributing buildings and 11 contributing structures.

Neighborhood
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is a national historic district located at Wheeling, . The district encompasses six contributing buildings.

Wheeling

Latitude
40.064° or 40° 3′ 50″ north
Longitude
-80.7209° or 80° 43′ 15″ west
Population
28,500
Elevation
666 feet (203 metres)
IATA airport code
HLG
Open location code
86GX377H+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154034417
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5280854
Wiki­data ID
Q838112
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Wheeling” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويلينغ”
  • Basque: “Wheeling”
  • Breton: “Wheeling”
  • Bulgarian: “Уийлинг”
  • Catalan: “Wheeling”
  • Cebuano: “Wheeling”
  • Chechen: “Вилинг”
  • Chinese: “Wheeling”
  • Chinese: “惠灵”
  • Chinese: “惠靈”
  • Cornish: “Wheeling, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Wheeling, Vyrjynni West”
  • Czech: “Wheeling”
  • Dagbani: “Wheeling”
  • Danish: “Wheeling, West Virginia”
  • Danish: “Wheeling”
  • Dutch: “Wheeling”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويلينج”
  • Esperanto: “Wheeling”
  • Finnish: “Wheeling”
  • French: “Wheeling”
  • Georgian: “უილინგი”
  • German: “Wheeling”
  • Gilaki: “ویلینگ (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “ویلینگ”
  • Greek: “Χουήλινγκ”
  • Hebrew: “וילינג”
  • Hungarian: “Wheeling”
  • Irish: “Wheeling”
  • Italian: “Wheeling”
  • Japanese: “ホイーリング”
  • Korean: “휠링”
  • Ladin: “Wheeling”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilingas”
  • Malagasy: “Wheeling, West Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Wheeling”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wheeling”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wheeling”
  • Norwegian: “Wheeling”
  • Persian: “ویلینگ، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “ویلینگ”
  • Polish: “Wheeling”
  • Portuguese: “Wheeling”
  • Russian: “Вилинг”
  • Russian: “Уилинг”
  • Serbian: “Вилинг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wheeling, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wheeling”
  • Slovak: “Wheeling”
  • Slovenian: “Wheeling”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویلینق، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Wheeling (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Wheeling”
  • Swedish: “Wheeling, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Wheeling”
  • Talysh: “Viling”
  • Talysh: “Vilinq”
  • Tatar: “Вилинг”
  • Turkish: “Wheeling, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Wheeling”
  • Ukrainian: “Вілінг”
  • Urdu: “ویلینگ، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “ویلینگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Wheeling, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Wheeling, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Wheeling”
  • Volapük: “Wheeling, West Virginia”
  • Volapük: “Wheeling”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wheeling, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wheeling”
  • Welsh: “Wheeling, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Wheeling”

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