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class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>2010 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>2000 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Arts_and_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arts_and_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Arts and culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Arts_and_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Arts and culture subsection</span> </button> <ul 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href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(Virchinia_Occidental)" title="Parkersburg (Virchinia Occidental) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Parkersburg (Virchinia Occidental)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(Virxinia_Occidental)" title="Parkersburg (Virxinia Occidental) – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Parkersburg (Virxinia Occidental)" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(West_Virginia)" title="Parkersburg (West Virginia) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Parkersburg (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B1%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B3_(%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Паркърсбърг (Западна Вирджиния) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Паркърсбърг (Западна Вирджиния)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(West_Virginia)" title="Parkersburg (West Virginia) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Parkersburg (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(Virg%C3%ADnia_de_l%27Oest)" title="Parkersburg (Virgínia de l'Oest) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Parkersburg (Virgínia de l'Oest)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Parkersburg (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Parkersburg (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg" title="Parkersburg – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Parkersburg" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg,_Gorllewin_Virginia" title="Parkersburg, Gorllewin Virginia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Parkersburg, Gorllewin Virginia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg" title="Parkersburg – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Parkersburg" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(West_Virginia)" title="Parkersburg (West Virginia) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Parkersburg (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(West_Virginia)" title="Parkersburg (West Virginia) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Parkersburg (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(Virginia_Occidental)" title="Parkersburg (Virginia Occidental) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Parkersburg (Virginia Occidental)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(Mendebaldeko_Virginia)" title="Parkersburg (Mendebaldeko Virginia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Parkersburg (Mendebaldeko Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="پارکرزبرگ، ویرجینیای غربی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پارکرزبرگ، ویرجینیای غربی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(Virginie-Occidentale)" title="Parkersburg (Virginie-Occidentale) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Parkersburg (Virginie-Occidentale)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg,_Virxinia_Occidental" title="Parkersburg, Virxinia Occidental – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Parkersburg, Virxinia Occidental" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF_(%D8%AE%DB%8A%D8%B1%D8%AE%DB%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="پارکرزبرگ (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="پارکرزبرگ (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%8C%EC%BB%A4%EC%A6%88%EB%B2%84%EA%B7%B8" title="파커즈버그 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="파커즈버그" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(West_Virginia)" title="Parkersburg (West Virginia) – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Parkersburg (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg" title="Parkersburg – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Parkersburg" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg,_Virjynni_West" title="Parkersburg, Virjynni West – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Parkersburg, Virjynni West" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(Vijini_de_Lw%C3%A8s)" title="Parkersburg (Vijini de Lwès) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Parkersburg (Vijini de Lwès)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(West_Virginia)" title="Parkersburg (West Virginia) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Parkersburg (West Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(Nyugat-Virginia)" title="Parkersburg (Nyugat-Virginia) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Parkersburg (Nyugat-Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Parkersburg, West Virginia – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Parkersburg, West Virginia" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC" title="باركرسبورج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="باركرسبورج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%95%E1%80%AB%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%82%E1%80%BA%E1%81%8A_%E1%80%A1%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%97%E1%80%AC%E1%80%82%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8" title="ပါကာဘာ့ဂ်၊ အနောက်ဗာဂျီးနီးယား – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ပါကာဘာ့ဂ်၊ အနောက်ဗာဂျီးနီးယား" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" 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title="Parkersburg (Wirginia Zachodnia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Parkersburg (Wirginia Zachodnia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(Virg%C3%ADnia_Ocidental)" title="Parkersburg (Virgínia Ocidental) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Parkersburg (Virgínia Ocidental)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg,_Virginia_de_Vest" title="Parkersburg, Virginia de Vest – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Parkersburg, Virginia de Vest" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3_(%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Паркерсберг (Западная Виргиния) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Паркерсберг (Западная Виргиния)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Parkersburg, West Virginia – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Parkersburg, West Virginia" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg_(Zachod%C5%84o_Wirgi%C5%84ijo)" title="Parkersburg (Zachodńo Wirgińijo) – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Parkersburg (Zachodńo Wirgińijo)" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3_(%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%9F%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Паркерсбург (Западна Вирџинија) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Паркерсбург (Западна Вирџинија)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Parkersburg, West Virginia – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Parkersburg, West Virginia" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg" title="Parkersburg – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Parkersburg" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3_(%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%88_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Паркерсбург (Көнбатыш Верджиния) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Паркерсбург (Көнбатыш Верджиния)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg,_Bat%C4%B1_Virginia" title="Parkersburg, Batı Virginia – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Parkersburg, Batı Virginia" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3_(%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Паркерсбург (Західна Верджинія) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Паркерсбург (Західна Верджинія)" 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data-file-height="162" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Burg, P-Burg, PKB, The Savings Bond Capital of America, Marble Capital of the World</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Where West Virginia Began</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wood_County_West_Virginia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Parkersburg_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Parkersburg in Wood County, West Virginia"><img alt="Location of Parkersburg in Wood County, West Virginia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Wood_County_West_Virginia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Parkersburg_Highlighted.svg/250px-Wood_County_West_Virginia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Parkersburg_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Wood_County_West_Virginia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Parkersburg_Highlighted.svg/375px-Wood_County_West_Virginia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Parkersburg_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Wood_County_West_Virginia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Parkersburg_Highlighted.svg/500px-Wood_County_West_Virginia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Parkersburg_Highlighted.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="502" data-file-height="289" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Parkersburg in Wood County, West Virginia</div></td></tr><tr 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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_West_Virginia" title="List of counties in West Virginia">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wood County, West Virginia">Wood</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1810<span class="noprint">; 215 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1810</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tom Joyce (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party of West Virginia">R</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2019_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2019-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/City_(West_Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="City (West Virginia)">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">12.33 sq mi (31.94 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">11.78 sq mi (30.52 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.55 sq mi (1.43 km<sup>2</sup>)  4.29%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">633 ft (193 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2020-2021_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2020-2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/City_(West_Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="City (West Virginia)">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">29,749</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2020-2021_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2020-2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">29,403</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,487/sq mi (960/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">92,082 (US: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas">365th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time Zone">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">26101, 26102, 26103, 26104, 26105, 26106</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_304" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 304">304</a>, <a href="/wiki/Area_code_681" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 681">681</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">54-62140</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2390632<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://parkersburgwv.gov">parkersburgwv<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Parkersburg</b> is a city in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Wood County, West Virginia">Wood County, West Virginia</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located at the <a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Little_Kanawha_River" title="Little Kanawha River">Little Kanawha</a> rivers, it is the state's <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_West_Virginia" title="List of municipalities in West Virginia">fourth-most populous city</a> and the center of the <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg%E2%80%93Vienna_metropolitan_area" title="Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area">Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area</a>. The city's population was 29,749 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, and its metro population was 89,490.<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2020-2021_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2020-2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is about 14 miles (23 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Marietta,_Ohio" title="Marietta, Ohio">Marietta, Ohio</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Settlers at first named the city <b>Newport</b> when they settled it in the late 18th century following the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. A town section was laid out on land granted to Alexander Parker for his Revolutionary War service. Virginia made grants of land to veterans for their war service. The title conflicts between Parker and the city planners of Newport were settled in 1809 in favor of his heirs. The town was renamed <b>Parkersburg</b> in 1810. It was chartered by the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia General Assembly</a> in 1820. It was rechartered as a city in 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town was the western terminus of both the <a href="/wiki/Staunton-Parkersburg_Turnpike" class="mw-redirect" title="Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike">Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Turnpike" title="Northwestern Turnpike">Northwestern Turnpike</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1857, the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Baltimore and Ohio Railroad">Baltimore and Ohio Railroad</a> built a branch line south to the town from <a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling, West Virginia</a>. Travelers wanting to connect with the Ohio <a href="/wiki/Marietta_and_Cincinnati_Railroad" title="Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad">Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad</a>, one of the east–west lines along the Ohio River, had to take a steamboat 14 miles north to <a href="/wiki/Marietta,_Ohio" title="Marietta, Ohio">Marietta, Ohio</a>. Jacob Linville designed the railroad bridge planned by the B&O. It was constructed in 1868–1870 between Parkersburg and <a href="/wiki/Belpre,_Ohio" title="Belpre, Ohio">Belpre, Ohio</a>, as part of the B&O's main line from Baltimore to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This drew traffic and trade from Marietta. Today the structure is known as the <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg_Bridge_(CSX)" title="Parkersburg Bridge (CSX)">Parkersburg Bridge</a>. </p><p>Parkersburg served as a transportation and medical center for Union forces during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. It developed further as a transportation hub in the gas and oil boom following that war.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 19th century, Parkersburg emerged as a major oil refining center serving nearby oilfields at Volcano and Burning Springs. The Camden Consolidated Oil Company, founded in 1866 by future <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Johnson_N._Camden" title="Johnson N. Camden">Johnson Newlon Camden</a>, dominated the refining business and was sold to Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company in 1875. Camden became a Standard director and vice president and, along with John W. Davis, dominated West Virginia politics until the early 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the post-World War II period, Parkersburg became one of the leading industrial centers of the Ohio Valley, producing chemicals, glass, O. Ames tools, textiles (especially American Viscose Company rayon), plastics and polymers, iron, and steel.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_the_Public_Debt" title="Bureau of the Public Debt">Bureau of the Public Debt</a>, an agency of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Treasury_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Treasury Department">U.S. Treasury Department</a>, was moved to Parkersburg in 1954 as a location midway between <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> that would be safe in the event of a national emergency. In October 2012, the Bureau of the Public Debt consolidated with the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Management_Service" title="Financial Management Service">Financial Management Service</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_the_Fiscal_Service" title="Bureau of the Fiscal Service">Bureau of the Fiscal Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 12.35 square miles (31.99 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 11.82 square miles (30.61 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.53 square miles (1.37 km<sup>2</sup>) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_files_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_files-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is situated at the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/Little_Kanawha_River" title="Little Kanawha River">Little Kanawha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio</a> rivers. The Little Kanawha River divides the north and south sides of the city. <a href="/wiki/Worthington_Creek" title="Worthington Creek">Worthington Creek</a>, a tributary of the Little Kanawha River, flows through the eastern part of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-DeLorme_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeLorme-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighborhoods">Neighborhoods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Neighborhoods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The North End of the city includes the Beechwood, Downtown, Fairview Heights, Granada Hills, <a href="/wiki/Julia-Ann_Square_Historic_District" title="Julia-Ann Square Historic District">Julia-Ann Square</a>, Meadowcrest, Oakwood Estates, Quincy Hill, Riverside, Woodland Park, North End, Worthington, and East End neighborhoods. </p><p>The southern part of the City of Parkersburg, South Parkersburg was a separate city until it became part of Parkersburg in 1950. Suburban parts of southern Wood County include <a href="/wiki/Blennerhassett,_WV" class="mw-redirect" title="Blennerhassett, WV">Blennerhassett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lubeck,_West_Virginia" title="Lubeck, West Virginia">Lubeck</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_West_Virginia" title="Washington, West Virginia">Washington</a> to the southwest, with <a href="/wiki/Mineral_Wells,_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mineral Wells, West Virginia">Mineral Wells</a> located to the southeast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers, cold winters and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen Climate Classification</a> system, Parkersburg is in transition between a <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a>, abbreviated <i>Dfa</i> on climate maps, and <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Humid subtropical">humid subtropical</a> (Cfa).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkersburg Airport">Parkersburg Airport</a>, West Virginia (1991–2020 normals,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extremes 1926–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.2<br />(4.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.4<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.2<br />(12.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.9<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.9<br />(23.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.1<br />(27.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.3<br />(29.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.7<br />(29.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.5<br />(25.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.8<br />(19.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.8<br />(12.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.4<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64.8<br />(18.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.6<br />(6.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.6<br />(12.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.3<br />(17.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.0<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.7<br />(23.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.5<br />(23.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.9<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.4<br />(13.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.7<br />(7.1) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.3<br />(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">54.2<br />(12.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(−4.6) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(−3.5) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9<br />(0.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.4<br />(5.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.6<br />(10.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br />(15.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.1<br />(17.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.2<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.9<br />(6.6) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(−2.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">43.7<br />(6.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(−17) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(−10) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br />(8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41<br />(5) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−1<br />(−18) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−24<br />(−31) </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10<br />(−23) </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3<br />(−19) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(−16) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−16<br />(−27) </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−24<br />(−31) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #83FF83; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.27<br />(83) </td> <td style="background: #7DFF7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.11<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #74FF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.67<br />(93) </td> <td style="background: #71FF71; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.62<br />(92) </td> <td style="background: #61FF61; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.17<br />(106) </td> <td style="background: #50FF50; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.44<br />(113) </td> <td style="background: #56FF56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.45<br />(113) </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.38<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.18<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.98<br />(76) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.88<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #80FF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.36<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #76FF76; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">42.51<br />(1,080) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #1A1AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #5B5BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9<br />(2.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(7.1) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.1<br />(56) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.5 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.4 </td> <td style="background: #5656FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">144.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3 </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #B4B46C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">115.5 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">131.0 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">182.3 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">208.1 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">248.0 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">257.3 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">255.0 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">245.2 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">212.5 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">193.9 </td> <td style="background: #B6B65D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">117.1 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAA8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.4 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,259.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #EAEA02; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38 </td> <td style="background: #F4F41A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44 </td> <td style="background: #FDFD2E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF4B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF4B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF4B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF37; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> (snow 1981–2010, sun 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_RLX_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_RLX-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCDC_txt_KPKB_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCDC_txt_KPKB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAAsun_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAAsun-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop 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0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>1,218</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>2,493</td><td></td><td>104.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>5,546</td><td></td><td>122.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>6,582</td><td></td><td>18.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>8,408</td><td></td><td>27.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>11,703</td><td></td><td>39.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>17,842</td><td></td><td>52.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>20,050</td><td></td><td>12.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>29,623</td><td></td><td>47.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>30,103</td><td></td><td>1.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>29,684</td><td></td><td>−1.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>44,797</td><td></td><td>50.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>44,208</td><td></td><td>−1.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>39,946</td><td></td><td>−9.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>33,862</td><td></td><td>−15.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>33,099</td><td></td><td>−2.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>31,492</td><td></td><td>−4.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>29,749</td><td></td><td>−5.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2020, there were 29,749 people, 13,119 households, and 7,305 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,524 inhabitants per square mile (1,029/km2). There were 15,246 housing units at an average density of 1,317 per square mile (508/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 93.8% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1.9% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.9% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.3% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 3.1% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.5% of the population. </p><p>There were 13,119 households, of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.5% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.3% were non-families. 35.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.96. </p><p>The median age in the city was 42 years. 20.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 27% were from 45 to 64; and 21.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 31,492 people, 13,807 households, and 8,086 families residing in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 2,664 inhabitants per square mile (1,028.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 15,562 housing units at an average density of 1,317 per square mile (508.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 94.9% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 2.0% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.3% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 2.1% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.2% of the population.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wood_County_Courthouse_Parkersburg_West_Virginia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Wood_County_Courthouse_Parkersburg_West_Virginia.jpg/170px-Wood_County_Courthouse_Parkersburg_West_Virginia.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Wood_County_Courthouse_Parkersburg_West_Virginia.jpg/255px-Wood_County_Courthouse_Parkersburg_West_Virginia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Wood_County_Courthouse_Parkersburg_West_Virginia.jpg/340px-Wood_County_Courthouse_Parkersburg_West_Virginia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1606" data-file-height="2210" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wood_County_Courthouse_(West_Virginia)" title="Wood County Courthouse (West Virginia)">Wood County Courthouse</a></figcaption></figure><p>There were 13,807 households, of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.1% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.4% were non-families. 35.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.86. </p><p>The median age in the city was 41.2 years. 21.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25% were from 25 to 44; 27.5% were from 45 to 64; and 18% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.5% male and 52.5% female. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parkersburg_Municipal_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Parkersburg_Municipal_Building.jpg/220px-Parkersburg_Municipal_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Parkersburg_Municipal_Building.jpg/330px-Parkersburg_Municipal_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Parkersburg_Municipal_Building.jpg/440px-Parkersburg_Municipal_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2856" data-file-height="2142" /></a><figcaption>Parkersburg Municipal Building</figcaption></figure><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2012 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 0.5% to 31,261.<sup id="cite_ref-2012_Census_Estimate_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012_Census_Estimate-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population density was 2,800.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,081.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 16,100 housing units at an average density of 1,362.2 per square mile (525.9/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 96.4% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1.8% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.2% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 1.0% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 0.8% of the population. There were 14,467 households, out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.4% were non-families. 34.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.83.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bureau_of_the_Public_Debt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Bureau_of_the_Public_Debt.jpg/220px-Bureau_of_the_Public_Debt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Bureau_of_the_Public_Debt.jpg/330px-Bureau_of_the_Public_Debt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Bureau_of_the_Public_Debt.jpg/440px-Bureau_of_the_Public_Debt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2734" data-file-height="1979" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_the_Fiscal_Service" title="Bureau of the Fiscal Service">Bureau of the Fiscal Service</a> office</figcaption></figure><p>In the city the population was spread out, with 21.2% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.9 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $21,120, and the median income for a family was $29,731. Males had a median income of $28,320 versus $18,203 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $15,820. About 23.3% of families and 21.2% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 35.2% of those under the age of 18 and 12.5% of those 65 and older. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Historic_home_at_904_Juliana_Street_in_the_Julia-Ann_Historic_District_of_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_LCCN2015632166.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Historic_home_at_904_Juliana_Street_in_the_Julia-Ann_Historic_District_of_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_LCCN2015632166.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Historic_home_at_904_Juliana_Street_in_the_Julia-Ann_Historic_District_of_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_LCCN2015632166.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Historic_home_at_904_Juliana_Street_in_the_Julia-Ann_Historic_District_of_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_LCCN2015632166.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Historic_home_at_904_Juliana_Street_in_the_Julia-Ann_Historic_District_of_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_LCCN2015632166.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Historic_home_at_904_Juliana_Street_in_the_Julia-Ann_Historic_District_of_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_LCCN2015632166.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Historic_home_at_904_Juliana_Street_in_the_Julia-Ann_Historic_District_of_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_LCCN2015632166.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4912" data-file-height="4987" /></a><figcaption>The Chancellor House in the <a href="/wiki/Julia-Ann_Square_Historic_District" title="Julia-Ann Square Historic District">Julia-Ann Square Historic District</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Events">Events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Annual Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival is held in June, and is an international festival featuring traditional dance and music and an international marketplace.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Parkersburg Homecoming Festival is held in August and features a parade, fireworks, half-marathon, competitions and entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Taste of Parkersburg is an event held around Memorial Day each year since 2006 which features food and drinks from local vendors.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Downtown Throwdown is a BBQ and beer festival held in September. It is co-hosted by Downtown PKB and the Parkersburg Area Jaycees and was started in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several museums are located in Parkersburg, including the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cooper_House" title="Henry Cooper House">Henry Cooper House</a>, the Oil and Gas Museum,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Sumnerite_African-American_History_Museum_and_Multipurpose_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumnerite African-American History Museum and Multipurpose Center">Sumnerite African-American History Museum</a>, the Artcraft Studio and the Veterans Museum of Mid-Ohio Valley.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several parks in the area, including <a href="/wiki/Blennerhassett_Island_Historical_State_Park" title="Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park">Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bicentennial Park, Corning Park, Point Park, Southwood Park, Quincy Park, City Park, Johnson T. Janes Park, Friendship Park, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Boreman" title="Fort Boreman">Fort Boreman Historical Park</a>, Mountwood Park and <a href="/wiki/Fries_Park" title="Fries Park">Fries Park</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:W.H._Smith_Hardware_Store_-_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_-_DSC05556.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/W.H._Smith_Hardware_Store_-_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_-_DSC05556.JPG/220px-W.H._Smith_Hardware_Store_-_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_-_DSC05556.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/W.H._Smith_Hardware_Store_-_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_-_DSC05556.JPG/330px-W.H._Smith_Hardware_Store_-_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_-_DSC05556.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/W.H._Smith_Hardware_Store_-_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_-_DSC05556.JPG/440px-W.H._Smith_Hardware_Store_-_Parkersburg%2C_West_Virginia_-_DSC05556.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4872" data-file-height="3055" /></a><figcaption>The Oil & Gas Museum is located in the <a href="/wiki/W.H._Smith_Hardware_Company_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building">W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building</a>, built in 1899</figcaption></figure> <p>The Wood County Ravens, a semi-professional football team, was based in the city. The Ravens were a part of the now defunct Mountain State Football League.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parkersburg was home to the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Redcoats" title="Ohio Valley Redcoats">Ohio Valley Redcoats</a>, a minor league baseball team, from 1993 through 1998. The city negotiated to bring professional baseball back to Parkersburg but they fell through because of lack of support from the community.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, the city and its three high schools placed second in <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>'s <a href="/wiki/List_of_SportsCenter_segments_and_specials#Special" title="List of SportsCenter segments and specials">TitleTown USA</a> competition. By 2008, the city's high school athletic programs had amassed 192 overall state championships.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pollution">Pollution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Pollution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>High levels of <a href="/wiki/Perfluorooctanoic_acid" title="Perfluorooctanoic acid">PFOA</a>, also known as C8, originating in landfills used by the DuPont/Chemours <a href="/wiki/Washington_Works" title="Washington Works">Washington Works</a> chemical company have been noted in Parkersburg drinking water. Despite a 2004 class-action legal settlement obligating DuPont to install a drinking water filtration plant if asked, local water district officials have not, as of 2016, asked for one.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parkersburg_West_Virginia_floodwall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Parkersburg_West_Virginia_floodwall.jpg/220px-Parkersburg_West_Virginia_floodwall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Parkersburg_West_Virginia_floodwall.jpg/330px-Parkersburg_West_Virginia_floodwall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Parkersburg_West_Virginia_floodwall.jpg/440px-Parkersburg_West_Virginia_floodwall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2856" data-file-height="2142" /></a><figcaption>Parkersburg <a href="/wiki/Flood_wall" title="Flood wall">floodwall</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University_at_Parkersburg" title="West Virginia University at Parkersburg">West Virginia University at Parkersburg</a>, a public college, is located on the outskirts of the city.</li> <li>Parkersburg Bible College, a private Christian school</li> <li>Centurion Bible College</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary">Primary and secondary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Parkersburg is the home of the <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg_High_School" title="Parkersburg High School">Parkersburg High School</a> Big Reds, <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg_South_High_School" title="Parkersburg South High School">Parkersburg South High School</a> Patriots, and the <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg_Catholic_High_School" title="Parkersburg Catholic High School">Parkersburg Catholic High School</a> Crusaders. The Wood County Technical Center and the Caperton Center for Applied Technology is part of Wood County Public Schools. There were, as of May 2020, five middle schools and 16 elementary schools dispersed throughout the city.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bridges_are_dope_(34933586781).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Bridges_are_dope_%2834933586781%29.jpg/220px-Bridges_are_dope_%2834933586781%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Bridges_are_dope_%2834933586781%29.jpg/330px-Bridges_are_dope_%2834933586781%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Bridges_are_dope_%2834933586781%29.jpg/440px-Bridges_are_dope_%2834933586781%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2160" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of the Ohio River from Parkersburg</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>Parkersburg News</i> and <i>Parkersburg Sentinel</i> were the city's two major daily newspapers until they combined in 2009 to form one daily edition: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Parkersburg_News_and_Sentinel" title="The Parkersburg News and Sentinel">The Parkersburg News and Sentinel</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i>. The same company also publishes <i>The Marietta Times</i> and <i>Graffiti</i>, West Virginia's alternative news magazine. </p><p>There are many radio stations broadcasting from Parkersburg, including 106.1 Z106 (WRZZ),102.1 The River (WRVB), U.S. 107 WNUS, MIX 100 (WDMX), V96.9 (WVVV), WXIL, Froggy 99.1, 103.1 The Bear, and WPKM 96.3 FM "the Beat" which is the college radio station of West Virginia University at Parkersburg. </p><p><a href="/wiki/WTAP" class="mw-redirect" title="WTAP">WTAP</a>, the local <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliate, is the main local television station. <a href="/wiki/WIYE-LD" title="WIYE-LD">WIYE-LD</a> (CBS) and <a href="/wiki/WOVA-LD" title="WOVA-LD">WOVA-LD</a> (Fox / CW+) are sister stations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Parkersburg is served by two major highways, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_77_in_West_Virginia" title="Interstate 77 in West Virginia">Interstate 77</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_50_in_West_Virginia" title="U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia">US 50</a>. Other routes through the city include <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_2" title="West Virginia Route 2">WV routes 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_14" title="West Virginia Route 14">14</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_47" title="West Virginia Route 47">47</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_68" title="West Virginia Route 68">68</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_95" title="West Virginia Route 95">95</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_618" title="West Virginia Route 618">618</a>. </p><p>Parkersburg is served by <a href="/wiki/Mid-Ohio_Valley_Regional_Airport" title="Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport">Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport</a>, with three flights a day Monday through Friday from <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Douglas_International_Airport" title="Charlotte Douglas International Airport">Charlotte Douglas International Airport</a>. </p><p>Passenger rail was available into the 1960s, with several major long distance trains making stops in Parkersburg. These included the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore and Ohio">Baltimore and Ohio</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/National_Limited" title="National Limited">National Limited</a></i> to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a> to the west and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Jersey City">Jersey City</a> to the east. From 1976 to 1981 <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> operated the <i><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_(Amtrak_train)" title="Shenandoah (Amtrak train)">Shenandoah (Amtrak train)</a>,</i> serving <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a> to the west and Washington, D.C., to the east. </p><p>Freight rail service is provided by <a href="/wiki/CSX" class="mw-redirect" title="CSX">CSX</a>, with local industries switched by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Belpre_Industrial_Parkersburg_Railroad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad (page does not exist)">Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Little_Kanawha_River_Rail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Little Kanawha River Rail (page does not exist)">Little Kanawha River Rail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Category:People from Parkersburg, West Virginia">Category:People from Parkersburg, West Virginia</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Appel" title="Allen Appel">Allen Appel</a>, novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Barnes" title="Walt Barnes">Walt Barnes</a>, professional football player and actor<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Biddle" title="Dick Biddle">Dick Biddle</a>, college football coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harman_Blennerhassett" title="Harman Blennerhassett">Harman Blennerhassett</a>, ally of <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Burr" title="Aaron Burr">Aaron Burr</a> and owner of <a href="/wiki/Blennerhassett_Island" title="Blennerhassett Island">Blennerhassett Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zac_Boggs" class="mw-redirect" title="Zac Boggs">Zac Boggs</a>, soccer player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Caldwell" title="Kim Caldwell">Kim Caldwell</a>, basketball coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sybil_Carmen" title="Sybil Carmen">Sybil Carmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ziegfeld_Girl" class="mw-redirect" title="Ziegfeld Girl">Ziegfeld Girl</a> and silent film actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Catmull" title="Edwin Catmull">Edwin Catmull</a>, president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios<sup id="cite_ref-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Dawson" title="Jim Dawson">Jim Dawson</a>, cultural historian<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Dooley" title="Paul Dooley">Paul Dooley</a>, Hollywood character actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leah_Bodine_Drake" title="Leah Bodine Drake">Leah Bodine Drake</a>, poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Burke_Fairfield" title="Edmund Burke Fairfield">Edmund Burke Fairfield</a>, 12th <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Michigan" title="Lieutenant Governor of Michigan">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a> and Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln" title="University of Nebraska–Lincoln">University of Nebraska</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_Fieler" title="Chase Fieler">Chase Fieler</a>, professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Foggin" title="Dave Foggin">Dave Foggin</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="West Virginia House of Delegates">West Virginia House of Delegates</a>, born in Parkersburg<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Goldsmith" title="Paul Goldsmith">Paul Goldsmith</a>, member of <a href="/wiki/Motorcycle_Hall_of_Fame" title="Motorcycle Hall of Fame">Motorcycle Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Goodman" title="Linda Goodman">Linda Goodman</a>, astrology author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hanlon_Jr." title="Tommy Hanlon Jr.">Tommy Hanlon Jr.</a>, Australian television presenter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Hoblitzel" class="mw-redirect" title="Dick Hoblitzel">Dick Hoblitzel</a>, outfielder in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_D._Hoblitzell_Jr." title="John D. Hoblitzell Jr.">John D. Hoblitzell Jr.</a>, U.S. Senator, born and raised in Parkersburg</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homer_A._Holt_(justice)" title="Homer A. Holt (justice)">Homer A. Holt</a>, justice of <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Supreme_Court_of_Appeals" class="mw-redirect" title="West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals">West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Hungerford" title="Cy Hungerford">Cy Hungerford</a>, political cartoonist for <i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_B._Jackson" title="Jacob B. Jackson">Jacob B. Jackson</a>, Governor of West Virginia 1881–85</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jay_Jackson_Jr." title="John Jay Jackson Jr.">John Jay Jackson Jr.</a>, U.S. federal judge<sup id="cite_ref-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lily_Irene_Jackson" title="Lily Irene Jackson">Lily Irene Jackson</a> (1848–1928), artist and daughter of John Jay Jackson Jr.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lichello" title="Robert Lichello">Robert Lichello</a>, author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lopienski" title="Tom Lopienski">Tom Lopienski</a>, NFL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macguire_McDuff" title="Macguire McDuff">Macguire McDuff</a>, NCAA champion swimmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Claire_Metz" title="Leon Claire Metz">Leon Claire Metz</a>, historian, author, documentary personality, lecturer on American West<sup id="cite_ref-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Holmes_Moss_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter Holmes Moss Jr.">Hunter Holmes Moss Jr.</a>, Republican <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earle_%22Greasy%22_Neale" class="mw-redirect" title="Earle "Greasy" Neale">Earle "Greasy" Neale</a> (1891–1973), professional football and baseball player<sup id="cite_ref-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Newhart" title="Harold Newhart">Harold Newhart</a>, Olympic gymnast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Null" title="Gary Null">Gary Null</a>, nutritionist and author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon_Odessa" class="mw-redirect" title="Devon Odessa">Devon Odessa</a>, actress and film producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Rinehart" title="Buck Rinehart">Buck Rinehart</a>, Republican, <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Columbus,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Columbus, Ohio">Mayor of Columbus, Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Robinson_(jazz_singer)" title="Bill Robinson (jazz singer)">Bill Robinson</a>, jazz singer<sup id="cite_ref-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Spurlock" title="Morgan Spurlock">Morgan Spurlock</a>, Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter, and political activist<sup id="cite_ref-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Staton" title="Mick Staton">Mick Staton</a>, Republican, U.S. Representative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Stevenson" title="William E. Stevenson">William E. Stevenson</a>, Governor of West Virginia, 1869–71</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenton_Strange" title="Brenton Strange">Brenton Strange</a>, NFL Player for the Jacksonville Jaguars<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Stump" title="Felix Stump">Felix Stump</a>, admiral in U.S. Navy and Commander, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">United States Pacific Fleet</a><sup id="cite_ref-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_42-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Swisher" title="Nick Swisher">Nick Swisher</a>, professional baseball player and Steve's son</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Swisher" title="Steve Swisher">Steve Swisher</a>, professional baseball player and Nick's father</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_G._Van_Winkle" title="Peter G. Van Winkle">Peter G. Van Winkle</a>, Republican <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Watts_Jr." title="Richard Watts Jr.">Richard Watts Jr.</a>, film critic for <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Herald_Tribune" title="New York Herald Tribune">New York Herald Tribune</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibby_Welch" title="Gibby Welch">Gibby Welch</a>, professional football player<sup id="cite_ref-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_42-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_B._White" title="Albert B. White">Albert B. White</a>, Governor of West Virginia, 1901–05</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deron_Williams" title="Deron Williams">Deron Williams</a>, professional basketball player<sup id="cite_ref-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_42-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Wolfe" title="Jay Wolfe">Jay Wolfe</a>, West Virginia State Senator and U.S. Senate candidate<sup id="cite_ref-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia_42-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parkersburg,_West_Virginia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ruffalo" title="Mark Ruffalo">Mark Ruffalo</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Waters_(2019_film)" title="Dark Waters (2019 film)">Dark Waters</a></i>, released in 2019, was based in events mainly from the City of Parkersburg.<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_Movie_Database_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_Movie_Database-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Parkersburg was the set for the 1962 television series <i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Man%27s_World_(TV_series)" title="It's a Man's World (TV series)">It's a Man's World</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-imdb.com_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imdb.com-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Other films shot in the city are <i><a href="/wiki/Salvage_(2006_film)" title="Salvage (2006 film)">Salvage</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Barbecue" class="mw-redirect" title="The Barbecue">The Barbecue</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-imdb.com_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imdb.com-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Parkersburg was featured in a 2013 episode of the NBC post-apocalyptic science fiction television drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Revolution_(TV_series)" title="Revolution (TV series)">Revolution</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Emo/Post-Rock/Indie band <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Is_a_Beautiful_Place_%26_I_Am_No_Longer_Afraid_to_Die" title="The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die">The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die</a></i> references the city in their song "Blank//Worker" from the 2021 album <i><a href="/wiki/Illusory_Walls" title="Illusory Walls">Illusory Walls</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_city">Sister city</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Sister city"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg,_Iowa" title="Parkersburg, Iowa">Parkersburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_River_Wildlife_Management_Area" title="Hughes River Wildlife Management Area">Hughes River Wildlife Management Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_along_the_Ohio_River" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities and towns along the Ohio River">List of cities and towns along the Ohio River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Registered_Historic_Places_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Registered Historic Places in West Virginia">List of Registered Historic Places in West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vienna,_WV" class="mw-redirect" title="Vienna, WV">Vienna, WV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Mall" title="Grand Central Mall">Grand Central Mall</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_sources">General sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: General sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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Barnes Directory Co., 1907, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/2988127">2988127</a>, <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6983396M">6983396M</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Parkersburg%2C+1907%3A+A+Souvenir+of+the+City+of+Parkersburg&rft.pub=W.+M.+Barnes+Directory+Co.&rft.date=1907&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F2988127&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL6983396M%23id-name%3DOL&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AParkersburg%2C+West+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Philip W. Sturm. <i>A River to Cross: The Bicentennial History of Wood County, West Virginia</i>. Published 1999 by The Bicentennial Commission of Wood County, WV. Josten Publishing Co., State College, PA</li> <li>Philip W. Sturm. <i>Wood County Reflections: A Pictorial History</i>. Published 2005, Donning Company Publishers, Virginia Beach, VA.</li> <li>Bernard L. Allen. <i>Parkersburg: A Bicentennial History</i>. Parkersburg Bicentennial Committee. 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title="Meadowcrest, Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Meadowcrest</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakwood_Estates,_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oakwood Estates, Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Oakwood Estates</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quincy_Hill,_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quincy Hill, Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Quincy Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pettyville_,_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pettyville , Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Pettyville</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riverside,_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Riverside, Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tavennerville,_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tavennerville, Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Tavennerville</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodland_Park,_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Woodland Park, Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Woodland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_End,_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="North End, Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">North End</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Washington,_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Washington, Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Worthington,_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Worthington, Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">Worthington</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_End,_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="East End, Parkersburg, West Virginia (page does not exist)">East End</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F3D161;">Suburbs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belpre,_Ohio" title="Belpre, Ohio">Belpre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boaz,_West_Virginia" title="Boaz, West Virginia">Boaz CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_West_Virginia" title="Elizabeth, West Virginia">Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubeck,_West_Virginia" title="Lubeck, West Virginia">Lubeck CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineralwells,_West_Virginia" title="Mineralwells, West Virginia">Mineralwells CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vienna,_West_Virginia" title="Vienna, West Virginia">Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_West_Virginia" title="Williamstown, West Virginia">Williamstown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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aria-labelledby="Municipalities_and_communities_of_Wood_County,_West_Virginia,_United_States567" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background:#F3D161;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Template:Wood County, West Virginia"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Template talk:Wood County, West Virginia"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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(West Virginia)">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Parkersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vienna,_West_Virginia" title="Vienna, West Virginia">Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_West_Virginia" title="Williamstown, West Virginia">Williamstown</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of West Virginia highlighting Wood County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg/180px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg/270px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg/360px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Wood_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1089" /></span><figcaption>Map of West Virginia highlighting Wood County</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F3D161;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Town_(West_Virginia)" title="Town (West Virginia)">Town</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Hills,_West_Virginia" title="North Hills, West Virginia">North Hills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F3D161;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blennerhassett,_West_Virginia" title="Blennerhassett, West Virginia">Blennerhassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boaz,_West_Virginia" title="Boaz, West Virginia">Boaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanawha,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha, West Virginia">Kanawha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubeck,_West_Virginia" title="Lubeck, West Virginia">Lubeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineralwells,_West_Virginia" title="Mineralwells, West Virginia">Mineralwells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_West_Virginia" title="Washington, West Virginia">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waverly,_West_Virginia" title="Waverly, West Virginia">Waverly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F3D161;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balderson,_West_Virginia" title="Balderson, West Virginia">Balderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechwood,_Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Beechwood, Wood County, West Virginia">Beechwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belleville,_West_Virginia" title="Belleville, West Virginia">Belleville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binola,_West_Virginia" title="Binola, West Virginia">Binola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnivale,_West_Virginia" title="Bonnivale, West Virginia">Bonnivale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boreman,_West_Virginia" title="Boreman, West Virginia">Boreman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briscoe,_West_Virginia" title="Briscoe, West Virginia">Briscoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Grove,_Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Cedar Grove, Wood County, West Virginia">Cedar Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central,_West_Virginia" title="Central, West Virginia">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterville,_West_Virginia" title="Chesterville, West Virginia">Chesterville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corbin,_West_Virginia" title="Corbin, West Virginia">Corbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creels,_West_Virginia" title="Creels, West Virginia">Creels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallison,_West_Virginia" title="Dallison, West Virginia">Dallison </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davisville,_West_Virginia" title="Davisville, West Virginia">Davisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deerwalk,_West_Virginia" title="Deerwalk, West Virginia">Deerwalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaney,_West_Virginia" title="Delaney, West Virginia">Delaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dombey,_West_Virginia" title="Dombey, West Virginia">Dombey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doyle,_West_Virginia" title="Doyle, West Virginia">Doyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton,_West_Virginia" title="Eaton, West Virginia">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli,_West_Virginia" title="Eli, West Virginia">Eli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flinn,_West_Virginia" title="Flinn, West Virginia">Flinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_Spring,_West_Virginia" title="Fountain Spring, West Virginia">Fountain Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna,_West_Virginia" title="Hanna, West Virginia">Hanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillcrest,_West_Virginia" title="Hillcrest, West Virginia">Hillcrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey,_West_Virginia" title="Humphrey, West Virginia">Humphrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerrys_Run,_West_Virginia" title="Jerrys Run, West Virginia">Jerrys Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingbury,_West_Virginia" title="Kingbury, West Virginia">Kingbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larkmead,_West_Virginia" title="Larkmead, West Virginia">Larkmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauckport,_West_Virginia" title="Lauckport, West Virginia">Lauckport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Junction,_West_Virginia" title="Laurel Junction, West Virginia">Laurel Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leachtown,_West_Virginia" title="Leachtown, West Virginia">Leachtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Creek,_West_Virginia" title="Lee Creek, West Virginia">Lee Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowdell,_West_Virginia" title="Lowdell, West Virginia">Lowdell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucky,_West_Virginia" title="Lucky, West Virginia">Lucky </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manganese,_West_Virginia" title="Manganese, West Virginia">Manganese </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marrtown,_West_Virginia" title="Marrtown, West Virginia">Marrtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Carmel,_West_Virginia" title="Mount Carmel, West Virginia">Mount Carmel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphytown,_West_Virginia" title="Murphytown, West Virginia">Murphytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England,_West_Virginia" title="New England, West Virginia">New England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newlandsville,_West_Virginia" title="Newlandsville, West Virginia">Newlandsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_West_Virginia" title="Newport, West Virginia">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolette,_West_Virginia" title="Nicolette, West Virginia">Nicolette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak,_West_Virginia" title="Oak, West Virginia">Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogden,_West_Virginia" title="Ogden, West Virginia">Ogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pettyville,_West_Virginia" title="Pettyville, West Virginia">Pettyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Hill,_Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pleasant Hill, Wood County, West Virginia">Pleasant Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polandale,_West_Virginia" title="Polandale, West Virginia">Polandale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pond_Creek,_West_Virginia" title="Pond Creek, West Virginia">Pond Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Hill,_West_Virginia" title="Red Hill, West Virginia">Red Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remus,_West_Virginia" title="Remus, West Virginia">Remus </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside,_Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Riverside, Wood County, West Virginia">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockport,_Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Rockport, Wood County, West Virginia">Rockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Hill,_Wood_County,_West_Virginia" title="Sand Hill, Wood County, West Virginia">Sand Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saulsbury,_West_Virginia" title="Saulsbury, West Virginia">Saulsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slate,_West_Virginia" title="Slate, West Virginia">Slate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Parkersburg,_West_Virginia" title="South Parkersburg, West Virginia">South Parkersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart,_West_Virginia" title="Stewart, West Virginia">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit,_West_Virginia" title="Summit, West Virginia">Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunrise,_West_Virginia" title="Sunrise, West Virginia">Sunrise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallyho,_West_Virginia" title="Tallyho, West Virginia">Tallyho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tavennersville,_West_Virginia" title="Tavennersville, West Virginia">Tavennersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyner,_West_Virginia" title="Tyner, West Virginia">Tyner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_Mills,_West_Virginia" title="Valley Mills, West Virginia">Valley Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadeville,_West_Virginia" title="Wadeville, West Virginia">Wadeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker,_West_Virginia" title="Walker, West Virginia">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley,_West_Virginia" title="Wesley, West Virginia">Wesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodland_Park,_West_Virginia" title="Woodland Park, West Virginia">Woodland Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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Virginia">Bridgeport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckhannon,_West_Virginia" title="Buckhannon, West Virginia">Buckhannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron,_West_Virginia" title="Cameron, West Virginia">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceredo,_West_Virginia" title="Ceredo, West Virginia">Ceredo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Town,_West_Virginia" title="Charles Town, West Virginia">Charles Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester,_West_Virginia" title="Chester, West Virginia">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksburg,_West_Virginia" title="Clarksburg, West Virginia">Clarksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunbar,_West_Virginia" title="Dunbar, West Virginia">Dunbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkins,_West_Virginia" title="Elkins, West Virginia">Elkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmont,_West_Virginia" title="Fairmont, West Virginia">Fairmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Follansbee,_West_Virginia" title="Follansbee, West Virginia">Follansbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary,_West_Virginia" title="Gary, West Virginia">Gary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Dale,_West_Virginia" title="Glen Dale, West Virginia">Glen Dale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton,_West_Virginia" title="Grafton, West Virginia">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinton,_West_Virginia" title="Hinton, West Virginia">Hinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane,_West_Virginia" title="Hurricane, West Virginia">Hurricane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenova,_West_Virginia" title="Kenova, West Virginia">Kenova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keyser,_West_Virginia" title="Keyser, West Virginia">Keyser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingwood,_West_Virginia" title="Kingwood, West Virginia">Kingwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisburg,_West_Virginia" title="Lewisburg, West Virginia">Lewisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan,_West_Virginia" title="Logan, West Virginia">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison,_West_Virginia" title="Madison, West Virginia">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannington,_West_Virginia" title="Mannington, West Virginia">Mannington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marmet,_West_Virginia" title="Marmet, West Virginia">Marmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsburg,_West_Virginia" title="Martinsburg, West Virginia">Martinsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMechen,_West_Virginia" title="McMechen, West Virginia">McMechen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_West_Virginia" title="Montgomery, West Virginia">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia" title="Morgantown, West Virginia">Morgantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moundsville,_West_Virginia" title="Moundsville, West Virginia">Moundsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hope,_West_Virginia" title="Mount Hope, West Virginia">Mount Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullens,_West_Virginia" title="Mullens, West Virginia">Mullens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Cumberland,_West_Virginia" title="New Cumberland, West Virginia">New Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Martinsville,_West_Virginia" title="New Martinsville, West Virginia">New Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitro,_West_Virginia" title="Nitro, West Virginia">Nitro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Hill,_West_Virginia" title="Oak Hill, West Virginia">Oak Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paden_City,_West_Virginia" title="Paden City, West Virginia">Paden City</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Parkersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsons,_West_Virginia" title="Parsons, West Virginia">Parsons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsboro,_West_Virginia" title="Pennsboro, West Virginia">Pennsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Petersburg, West Virginia">Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippi,_West_Virginia" title="Philippi, West Virginia">Philippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Valley,_Marion_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pleasant Valley, Marion County, West Virginia">Pleasant Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Pleasant,_West_Virginia" title="Point Pleasant, West Virginia">Point Pleasant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_West_Virginia" title="Princeton, West Virginia">Princeton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranson,_West_Virginia" title="Ranson, West Virginia">Ranson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravenswood,_West_Virginia" title="Ravenswood, West Virginia">Ravenswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richwood,_West_Virginia" title="Richwood, West Virginia">Richwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ripley,_West_Virginia" title="Ripley, West Virginia">Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romney,_West_Virginia" title="Romney, West Virginia">Romney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronceverte,_West_Virginia" title="Ronceverte, West Virginia">Ronceverte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_West_Virginia" title="Salem, West Virginia">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinnston,_West_Virginia" title="Shinnston, West Virginia">Shinnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistersville,_West_Virginia" title="Sistersville, West Virginia">Sistersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithers,_West_Virginia" title="Smithers, West Virginia">Smithers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="South Charleston, West Virginia">South Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer,_West_Virginia" title="Spencer, West Virginia">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Albans,_West_Virginia" title="St. Albans, West Virginia">St. Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Marys,_West_Virginia" title="St. Marys, West Virginia">St. Marys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonewood,_West_Virginia" title="Stonewood, West Virginia">Stonewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas,_West_Virginia" title="Thomas, West Virginia">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vienna,_West_Virginia" title="Vienna, West Virginia">Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War,_West_Virginia" title="War, West Virginia">War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weirton,_West_Virginia" title="Weirton, West Virginia">Weirton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welch,_West_Virginia" title="Welch, West Virginia">Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellsburg,_West_Virginia" title="Wellsburg, West Virginia">Wellsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston,_West_Virginia" title="Weston, West Virginia">Weston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westover,_West_Virginia" title="Westover, West Virginia">Westover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Sulphur_Springs,_West_Virginia" title="White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia">White Sulphur Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamson,_West_Virginia" title="Williamson, West Virginia">Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_West_Virginia" title="Williamstown, West Virginia">Williamstown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of towns in West Virginia">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Webster_Springs,_West_Virginia" title="Webster Springs, West Virginia">Addison (Webster Springs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albright,_West_Virginia" title="Albright, West Virginia">Albright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alderson,_West_Virginia" title="Alderson, West Virginia">Alderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anawalt,_West_Virginia" title="Anawalt, West Virginia">Anawalt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anmoore,_West_Virginia" title="Anmoore, West Virginia">Anmoore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ansted,_West_Virginia" title="Ansted, West Virginia">Ansted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athens,_West_Virginia" title="Athens, West Virginia">Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_West_Virginia" title="Auburn, West Virginia">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bancroft,_West_Virginia" title="Bancroft, West Virginia">Bancroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackville,_West_Virginia" title="Barrackville, West Virginia">Barrackville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_West_Virginia" title="Belmont, West Virginia">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Springs,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley Springs, West Virginia">Bath (Berkeley Springs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayard,_West_Virginia" title="Bayard, West Virginia">Bayard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belington,_West_Virginia" title="Belington, West Virginia">Belington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle,_West_Virginia" title="Belle, West Virginia">Belle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethany,_West_Virginia" title="Bethany, West Virginia">Bethany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly,_West_Virginia" title="Beverly, West Virginia">Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blacksville,_West_Virginia" title="Blacksville, West Virginia">Blacksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivar,_West_Virginia" title="Bolivar, West Virginia">Bolivar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradshaw,_McDowell_County,_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradshaw, McDowell County, West Virginia">Bradshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bramwell,_West_Virginia" title="Bramwell, West Virginia">Bramwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandonville,_West_Virginia" title="Brandonville, West Virginia">Brandonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruceton_Mills,_West_Virginia" title="Bruceton Mills, West Virginia">Bruceton Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_West_Virginia" title="Buffalo, West Virginia">Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnsville,_West_Virginia" title="Burnsville, West Virginia">Burnsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairo,_West_Virginia" title="Cairo, West Virginia">Cairo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden-on-Gauley,_West_Virginia" title="Camden-on-Gauley, West Virginia">Camden-on-Gauley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capon_Bridge,_West_Virginia" title="Capon Bridge, West Virginia">Capon Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpendale,_West_Virginia" title="Carpendale, West Virginia">Carpendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Grove,_Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cedar Grove, Kanawha County, West Virginia">Cedar Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapmanville,_West_Virginia" title="Chapmanville, West Virginia">Chapmanville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake,_West_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, West Virginia">Chesapeake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay,_West_Virginia" title="Clay, West Virginia">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clendenin,_West_Virginia" title="Clendenin, West Virginia">Clendenin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowen,_West_Virginia" title="Cowen, West Virginia">Cowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_West_Virginia" title="Danville, West Virginia">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis,_West_Virginia" title="Davis, West Virginia">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davy,_West_Virginia" title="Davy, West Virginia">Davy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delbarton,_West_Virginia" title="Delbarton, West Virginia">Delbarton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durbin,_West_Virginia" title="Durbin, West Virginia">Durbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Bank,_West_Virginia" title="East Bank, West Virginia">East Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor,_West_Virginia" title="Eleanor, West Virginia">Eleanor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_West_Virginia" title="Elizabeth, West Virginia">Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_Garden,_West_Virginia" title="Elk Garden, West Virginia">Elk Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellenboro,_West_Virginia" title="Ellenboro, West Virginia">Ellenboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairview,_West_Virginia" title="Fairview, West Virginia">Fairview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falling_Spring,_West_Virginia" title="Falling Spring, West Virginia">Falling Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmington,_West_Virginia" title="Farmington, West Virginia">Farmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_West_Virginia" title="Fayetteville, West Virginia">Fayetteville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flatwoods,_West_Virginia" title="Flatwoods, West Virginia">Flatwoods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemington,_West_Virginia" title="Flemington, West Virginia">Flemington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Gay,_West_Virginia" title="Fort Gay, West Virginia">Fort Gay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_West_Virginia" title="Franklin, West Virginia">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendly,_West_Virginia" title="Friendly, West Virginia">Friendly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gassaway,_West_Virginia" title="Gassaway, West Virginia">Gassaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauley_Bridge,_West_Virginia" title="Gauley Bridge, West Virginia">Gauley Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert,_West_Virginia" title="Gilbert, West Virginia">Gilbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_West_Virginia" title="Glasgow, West Virginia">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenville,_West_Virginia" title="Glenville, West Virginia">Glenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Town,_West_Virginia" title="Grant Town, West Virginia">Grant Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grantsville,_West_Virginia" title="Grantsville, West Virginia">Grantsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville,_West_Virginia" title="Granville, West Virginia">Granville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hambleton,_West_Virginia" title="Hambleton, West Virginia">Hambleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlin,_West_Virginia" title="Hamlin, West Virginia">Hamlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handley,_West_Virginia" title="Handley, West Virginia">Handley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harman,_West_Virginia" title="Harman, West Virginia">Harman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia" title="Harpers Ferry, West Virginia">Harpers Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisville,_West_Virginia" title="Harrisville, West Virginia">Harrisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartford_City,_West_Virginia" title="Hartford City, West Virginia">Hartford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedgesville,_West_Virginia" title="Hedgesville, West Virginia">Hedgesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_West_Virginia" title="Henderson, West Virginia">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendricks,_West_Virginia" title="Hendricks, West Virginia">Hendricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsboro,_West_Virginia" title="Hillsboro, West Virginia">Hillsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundred,_West_Virginia" title="Hundred, West Virginia">Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huttonsville,_West_Virginia" title="Huttonsville, West Virginia">Huttonsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iaeger,_West_Virginia" title="Iaeger, West Virginia">Iaeger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Lew,_West_Virginia" title="Jane Lew, West Virginia">Jane Lew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junior,_West_Virginia" title="Junior, West Virginia">Junior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermit,_West_Virginia" title="Kermit, West Virginia">Kermit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimball,_West_Virginia" title="Kimball, West Virginia">Kimball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon,_West_Virginia" title="Leon, West Virginia">Leon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lester,_West_Virginia" title="Lester, West Virginia">Lester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_Creek,_West_Virginia" title="Lost Creek, West Virginia">Lost Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumberport,_West_Virginia" title="Lumberport, West Virginia">Lumberport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabscott,_West_Virginia" title="Mabscott, West Virginia">Mabscott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Man,_West_Virginia" title="Man, West Virginia">Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlinton,_West_Virginia" title="Marlinton, West Virginia">Marlinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason,_West_Virginia" title="Mason, West Virginia">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masontown,_West_Virginia" title="Masontown, West Virginia">Masontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matewan,_West_Virginia" title="Matewan, West Virginia">Matewan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matoaka,_West_Virginia" title="Matoaka, West Virginia">Matoaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadow_Bridge,_West_Virginia" title="Meadow Bridge, West Virginia">Meadow Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlebourne,_West_Virginia" title="Middlebourne, West Virginia">Middlebourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Creek,_West_Virginia" title="Mill Creek, West Virginia">Mill Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_West_Virginia" title="Milton, West Virginia">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Heights,_West_Virginia" title="Mitchell Heights, West Virginia">Mitchell Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monongah,_West_Virginia" title="Monongah, West Virginia">Monongah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose,_West_Virginia" title="Montrose, West Virginia">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorefield,_West_Virginia" title="Moorefield, West Virginia">Moorefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_West_Virginia" title="New Haven, West Virginia">New Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburg,_West_Virginia" title="Newburg, West Virginia">Newburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Hills,_West_Virginia" title="North Hills, West Virginia">North Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northfork,_West_Virginia" title="Northfork, West Virginia">Northfork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutter_Fort,_West_Virginia" title="Nutter Fort, West Virginia">Nutter Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakvale,_West_Virginia" title="Oakvale, West Virginia">Oakvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceana,_West_Virginia" title="Oceana, West Virginia">Oceana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paw_Paw,_West_Virginia" title="Paw Paw, West Virginia">Paw Paw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pax,_West_Virginia" title="Pax, West Virginia">Pax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterstown,_West_Virginia" title="Peterstown, West Virginia">Peterstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont,_West_Virginia" title="Piedmont, West Virginia">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Grove,_Wetzel_County,_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Pine Grove, Wetzel County, West Virginia">Pine Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pineville,_West_Virginia" title="Pineville, West Virginia">Pineville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poca,_West_Virginia" title="Poca, West Virginia">Poca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratt,_West_Virginia" title="Pratt, West Virginia">Pratt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pullman,_West_Virginia" title="Pullman, West Virginia">Pullman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinwood,_West_Virginia" title="Quinwood, West Virginia">Quinwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainelle,_West_Virginia" title="Rainelle, West Virginia">Rainelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reedsville,_West_Virginia" title="Reedsville, West Virginia">Reedsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reedy,_West_Virginia" title="Reedy, West Virginia">Reedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgeley,_West_Virginia" title="Ridgeley, West Virginia">Ridgeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivesville,_West_Virginia" title="Rivesville, West Virginia">Rivesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowlesburg,_West_Virginia" title="Rowlesburg, West Virginia">Rowlesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupert,_West_Virginia" title="Rupert, West Virginia">Rupert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Fork,_West_Virginia" title="Sand Fork, West Virginia">Sand Fork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherdstown,_West_Virginia" title="Shepherdstown, West Virginia">Shepherdstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield,_West_Virginia" title="Smithfield, West Virginia">Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia,_West_Virginia" title="Sophia, West Virginia">Sophia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_City,_West_Virginia" title="Star City, West Virginia">Star City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summersville,_West_Virginia" title="Summersville, West Virginia">Summersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton,_West_Virginia" title="Sutton, West Virginia">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvester,_West_Virginia" title="Sylvester, West Virginia">Sylvester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terra_Alta,_West_Virginia" title="Terra Alta, West Virginia">Terra Alta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurmond,_West_Virginia" title="Thurmond, West Virginia">Thurmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triadelphia,_West_Virginia" title="Triadelphia, West Virginia">Triadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunnelton,_West_Virginia" title="Tunnelton, West Virginia">Tunnelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union,_Monroe_County,_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Union, Monroe County, West Virginia">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wardensville,_West_Virginia" title="Wardensville, West Virginia">Wardensville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne,_West_Virginia" title="Wayne, West Virginia">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Hamlin,_West_Virginia" title="West Hamlin, West Virginia">West Hamlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Liberty,_West_Virginia" title="West Liberty, West Virginia">West Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Logan,_West_Virginia" title="West Logan, West Virginia">West Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Milford,_West_Virginia" title="West Milford, West Virginia">West Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Union,_West_Virginia" title="West Union, West Virginia">West Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Hall,_West_Virginia" title="White Hall, West Virginia">White Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitesville,_West_Virginia" title="Whitesville, West Virginia">Whitesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winfield,_West_Virginia" title="Winfield, West Virginia">Winfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Womelsdorf_(Coalton),_West_Virginia" title="Womelsdorf (Coalton), West Virginia">Womelsdorf (Coalton)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worthington,_West_Virginia" title="Worthington, West Virginia">Worthington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of villages in West Virginia">Villages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barboursville,_West_Virginia" title="Barboursville, West Virginia">Barboursville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beech_Bottom,_West_Virginia" title="Beech Bottom, West Virginia">Beech Bottom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_West_Virginia" title="Bethlehem, West Virginia">Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearview,_West_Virginia" title="Clearview, West Virginia">Clearview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_Grove,_West_Virginia" title="Valley Grove, West Virginia">Valley Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Heights,_West_Virginia" title="Windsor Heights, West Virginia">Windsor Heights</a></li></ul> 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_West_Virginia" title="Outline of West Virginia">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in West Virginia">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of towns in West Virginia">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of villages in West Virginia">Villages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_magisterial_districts_in_West_Virginia" title="List of magisterial districts in West Virginia">Magisterial districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_census-designated_places_in_West_Virginia" title="List of census-designated places in West Virginia">Census-designated places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_West_Virginia" title="Environment of West Virginia">Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_West_Virginia" title="Government of West Virginia">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_West_Virginia" title="List of governors of West Virginia">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_West_Virginia" title="United States congressional delegations from West Virginia">Delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in West Virginia">Elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_West_Virginia" title="History of West Virginia">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_West_Virginia" title="List of people from West Virginia">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_West_Virginia_state_symbols" title="List of West Virginia state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_West_Virginia" title="Category:Tourist attractions in West Virginia">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_United_States" title="Society of the United States">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_West_Virginia" title="Abortion in West Virginia">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:West_Virginia_culture" title="Category:West Virginia culture">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_West_Virginia" title="Climate change in West Virginia">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_West_Virginia" title="Crime in West Virginia">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics of West Virginia">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_West_Virginia" title="Economy of West Virginia">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_West_Virginia" title="Education in West Virginia">Education</a> 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href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_West_Virginia" title="List of television stations in West Virginia">TV</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%">Insignia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of West Virginia">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_West_Virginia" title="Flag of West Virginia">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montani_semper_liberi" class="mw-redirect" title="Montani semper liberi">Motto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_West_Virginia" title="Seal of West Virginia">Seal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#West_Virginia" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Plateau" title="Allegheny Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_metropolitan_area,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston metropolitan area, West Virginia">Charleston metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Panhandle_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia">Eastern Panhandle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington%E2%80%93Ashland_metropolitan_area" title="Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area">Huntington metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_West_Virginia" title="North Central West Virginia">North Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh%E2%80%93New_Castle%E2%80%93Weirton_combined_statistical_area" title="Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area">Ohio Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Panhandle_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Panhandle of West Virginia">Northern Panhandle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potomac_Highlands" title="Potomac Highlands">Potomac Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_West_Virginia" title="Southern West Virginia">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Baltimore_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area">Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_statistical_areas" title="West Virginia statistical areas">Metro areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_micropolitan_area" title="Bluefield micropolitan area">Bluefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_metropolitan_area,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston metropolitan area, West Virginia">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagerstown_metropolitan_area" title="Hagerstown metropolitan area">Hagerstown–Martinsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington%E2%80%93Ashland_metropolitan_area" title="Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area">Huntington–Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgantown_metropolitan_area" title="Morgantown metropolitan area">Morgantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkersburg%E2%80%93Marietta%E2%80%93Vienna_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna metropolitan area">Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weirton%E2%80%93Steubenville_metropolitan_area" title="Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area">Weirton–Steubenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheeling_metropolitan_area" title="Wheeling metropolitan area">Wheeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_VA%E2%80%93WV_MSA" title="Winchester, VA–WV MSA">Winchester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in West Virginia">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beckley,_West_Virginia" title="Beckley, West Virginia">Beckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksburg,_West_Virginia" title="Clarksburg, West Virginia">Clarksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmont,_West_Virginia" title="Fairmont, West Virginia">Fairmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsburg,_West_Virginia" title="Martinsburg, West Virginia">Martinsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia" title="Morgantown, West Virginia">Morgantown</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Parkersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weirton,_West_Virginia" title="Weirton, West Virginia">Weirton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_West_Virginia" title="List of counties in West Virginia">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbour_County,_West_Virginia" title="Barbour County, West Virginia">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia" title="Berkeley County, West Virginia">Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_West_Virginia" title="Boone County, West Virginia">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braxton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Braxton County, West Virginia">Braxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooke_County,_West_Virginia" title="Brooke County, West Virginia">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabell_County,_West_Virginia" title="Cabell County, West Virginia">Cabell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_West_Virginia" title="Calhoun County, West Virginia">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_West_Virginia" title="Clay County, West Virginia">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doddridge_County,_West_Virginia" title="Doddridge County, West Virginia">Doddridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_West_Virginia" title="Fayette County, West Virginia">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilmer_County,_West_Virginia" title="Gilmer County, West Virginia">Gilmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_West_Virginia" title="Grant County, West Virginia">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia" title="Greenbrier County, West Virginia">Greenbrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hampshire County, West Virginia">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hancock County, West Virginia">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardy_County,_West_Virginia" title="Hardy County, West Virginia">Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_West_Virginia" title="Harrison County, West Virginia">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jackson County, West Virginia">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, West Virginia">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_County,_West_Virginia" title="Kanawha County, West Virginia">Kanawha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lewis County, West Virginia">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_West_Virginia" title="Lincoln County, West Virginia">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Logan County, West Virginia">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_West_Virginia" title="Marion County, West Virginia">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_West_Virginia" title="Marshall County, West Virginia">Marshall</a></li> <li><a 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West Virginia">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pendleton County, West Virginia">Pendleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasants_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pleasants County, West Virginia">Pleasants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pocahontas County, West Virginia">Pocahontas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_County,_West_Virginia" title="Preston County, West Virginia">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_West_Virginia" title="Putnam County, West Virginia">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh_County,_West_Virginia" title="Raleigh County, West Virginia">Raleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_West_Virginia" title="Randolph County, West Virginia">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritchie_County,_West_Virginia" title="Ritchie County, West Virginia">Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roane_County,_West_Virginia" title="Roane County, West Virginia">Roane</a></li> <li><a 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