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Welcome to West Wheeling ...

West Wheeling is located in Belmont County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Wheeling, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

A typical abbreviation for West Wheeling: W. Wheeling

West Wheeling is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: West Wheeling lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for West Wheeling: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near West Wheeling ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Wheeling.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around West Wheeling. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Wheeling.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Wheeling. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Wheeling.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Wheeling. See our Newspapers Page for West Wheeling.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Wheeling ...

Looking for more information about West Wheeling? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to West Wheeling, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Wheeling.

Adding West Wheeling to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Wheeling in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for West Wheeling was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the West Wheeling post office opened in 1887. The West Wheeling post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Wheeling.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Belmont, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Wheeling - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the West Wheeling area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the West Wheeling area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/