WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE

Counties

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• Hancock
• Brooke
• Ohio
• Marshall
• Wetzel & Tyler County

HANCOCK

• As of the 2010 the population was 30,676.
• The farthest north of all the counties.
• Was formed from Brooke County.
• Was formed in 1848
• Has access to the Ohio River

BROOKE

• As of 2010 the population was 24,069
• Was created from Ohio County in 1797
• Brooke County is a part of the First Judicial Circuit of WV
• The other two are Ohio and Hancock

OHIO

• As of 2010 the population was 44,443
• It was formed from the District of West Augusta, Virginia in 1776
• It was named for the Ohio River on its western boundary
• The county seat is in Wheeling
• Is a part of the First Judicial Circuit

MARSHALL

• As of 2010 the population was 33,107
• Its southern border is the Mason-Dixon line
• Its home to the largest conical burial mound in North America
• Marshall County was formed form Ohio County in 1835
• In 1852, the B&O railroad was complete at Rosby's Rock

WETZEL

• Wetzel county was firmed from Tyler county
• As of 2010 the population was 16,583
• Median income for a house hold in the county was 30,935

TYLER

• As of 2010 the population was 9,208
• The county was founded in 1814
• The founder John Tyler Sr. Son was president John Tyler

PLACES TO GO

• Brooke County museum
• Wheeling Park
• West Virginia Independence Hall
• West Virginia Penitentiary
• Marx toy museum

CITIES

• Wheeling
• Newell
• Chester
• Moundsville
• Weirton

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