History of Weirton, West Virginia
Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. Most of the city is in Hancock County, West Virginia|Hancock County, with the remainder in Brooke County, West Virginia|Brooke County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,411 (16,525 in Hancock County, 3,886 in Brooke County). It is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, Ohio|Steubenville metropolitan statistical area.[http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro_general/List1.txt United States Census Bureau, Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Components, December 2005]
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