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Location of Weirton, West Virginia Location of Weirton, West Virginia State West Virginia Weirton (pron.
WEER-ton) is a town/city in Brooke and Hancock counties in the U.S.
State of West Virginia.
Located primarily in Hancock County, the town/city lies in the northern portions of the state's Northern Panhandle region.
As of the 2010 census, the city's populace was 19,746.
It is a principal town/city inside the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a populace of 124,454 residents.
The small village called Holliday's Cove which is now most of downtown Weirton was established in 1793.
Weir appeared from neighboring Pittsburgh and assembled a steel foundry later known as Weirton Steel Corporation just north of Holliday's Cove. An unincorporated settlement called Weirton interval up around the foundry that, by 1940, was said to be the biggest unincorporated town/city in the United States.
By then Hollidays Cove and two other outlying areas, Weirton Heights and Marland Heights, which as their names suggest were on hilltops or ridges encircling the "Weir Cove" area, had also incorporated.
It was positioned in what is now downtown Weirton, along Harmons Creek (named for Harmon Greathouse), about three miles from its mouth on the Ohio River.
On July 1, 1947, all of these areas Hollidays Cove, Marland Heights, Weirton Heights, and unincorporated Weirton consolidated and formed the town/city of Weirton as it presently exists.
Millsop, the head of the Weirton Steel division of the other Ernest T.
Weir company, National Steel Corporation, was voted for as the city's first mayor.
Also home to Weirton is the Weirton Steel Corporation which was once a fully integrated steel foundry employing over 12,000 citizens .
It was the biggest private employer and the biggest taxpayer in West Virginia.
Due to reorganization of the steel industry, not only inside the United States but worldwide, the Weirton plant, now part of the global enormous Arcelor Mittal, presently operates only the tin-plating section of the foundry (though still one of the country's biggest tin-plate manufacturers), with only 800 workers.
During the early 1980s the employees of Weirton Steel endeavored to purchase the foundry from National Steel Corporation as the biggest ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Program) in the nation, saving the foundry from bankruptcy. Some civic leaders are attempting to attract businesses and homeowners from the neighboring Pittsburgh urbane area, marketing Weirton as a bedroom community, taking favor of the close adjacency to the Pittsburgh International Airport and primary interstates.
Weirton is home to a number of sites on the National Register of Historic Places including: Johnston-Truax House, Marland Heights Park and Margaret Manson Weir Memorial Pool, People's Bank, Dr.
The Veterans Memorial Bridge joins Weirton to Steubenville, Ohio athwart the Ohio River and is the border crossing between the states of West Virginia and Ohio on U.S.
The town/city of Weirton is positioned at 40 25 N 80 35 W (40.41, 80.58). It extends from the Ohio border on the west to the Pennsylvania border on the east at a point where the northern extension of West Virginia is five miles across.
Therefore, it is one of only two metros/cities in the United States that borders two other states on two sides, and its own state on the other two sides, the other being Hancock, Maryland.
Weirton is athwart the Ohio River from Steubenville, Ohio, and about 35 miles west of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, along U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 19.26 square miles (49.88 km2), of which, 18.05 square miles (46.75 km2) is territory and 1.21 square miles (3.13 km2) is water. Climate data for Weirton, West Virginia By 2011, the town/city and its two counties had thriving the consideration of the New York Times which noted the town was dwindling in population.
As of the census of 2010, there were 19,746 citizens , 8,839 homeholds, and 5,507 families living in the city.
There were 8,839 homeholds of which 24.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 44.8% were married couples residing together, 13.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.7% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 46 years.
19.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23% were from 25 to 44; 30.8% were from 45 to 64; and 20.6% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,411 citizens , 8,958 homeholds, and 5,885 families living in the city.
There were 8,958 homeholds out of which 23.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 51.4% were married couples residing together, 10.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 19.2% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The following citizens have been voted for Mayor of Weirton since the city's incorporation in 1947: Weirton Medical Center Historically, Weirton's economy, as well as that of the region, was dominated by the steel industry, with the biggest employer being Arcelor - Mittal.
Weirton Medical Center is a large 238 bed hospital that services patients from all over the region, and is one of the city's biggest employers today employing over 1,000 citizens .
Due to the area's close adjacency to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, there is also a burgeoning number of workers who work in Pittsburgh and commute from Weirton.
Weirton was the subject of a photo essay, "Weir's Weirton," in the Life copy of September 13, 1937.
Weirton has thriving the consideration of Hollywood filmmakers and writers on a several occasions: Weirton was one of a several Ohio Valley suburbs that served as film locations for the acclaimed 1978 film, The Deer Hunter, starring Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep.
The movie Super 8 was filmed in downtown Weirton, as well as many other places throughout the town, in late September to mid October 2010.
Disney featured Weirton briefly in its documentary, America's Heart and Soul.
During the excerpt, employees of Weirton Steel discuss their concerns with foreign imports and what it is doing to the size of their mill. Weirton was also the inspiration and guidance in the 1989 book No Star Nights.
According to the author biography encompassed in the book, author Anna Smucker drew upon her memories burgeoning up in Weirton for a tale about childhood spent in an industrialized town. In the novel The Egyptian Cross Mystery, Ellery Queen spent some time in Weirton while investigating a murder in the small village of Arroyo, West Virginia.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hancock County, West Virginia United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Weirton History: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WEIRTON AREA".
Weir Public Library, Weirton, West Virginia.
"Weather.com: Weather Channel Historical Weather for Weirton, West Virginia, United States of America".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
City of Weirton History of Weirton Municipalities and communities of Brooke County, West Virginia, United States Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, West Virginia, United States State of West Virginia
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Cities in Brooke County, West Virginia - Cities in Hancock County, West Virginia - Populated places established in 1947 - Weirton, West Virginia - 1947 establishments in West Virginia - West Virginia populated places on the Ohio River
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