Weirton

Summary

Weirton is a city in the United States^[1]. Weirton ranks in the top 6% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (360 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Weirton is located in Hancock County^[3].
• Weirton is located in Brooke County^[4].
• Weirton is in the country of United States^[5].
• Weirton's image is recorded as Looking south down Main Street in downtown Weirton, West Virginia, 05-25-2025.jpg^[6].
• Weirton's instance of is recorded as city in the United States^[7].
• Weirton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129030760^[8].
• Weirton's locator map image is recorded as WVMap-doton-Weirton.PNG^[9].
• Weirton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82127167^[10].
• Weirton's postal code is recorded as 26062^[11].
• Weirton's part of is recorded as Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area^[12].
• Weirton's Commons category is recorded as Weirton, West Virginia^[13].
• Weirton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 238747^[14].
• Weirton's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[15].
• Weirton's local dialing code is recorded as 304^[16].
• +1947-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Weirton^[17].
• Weirton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1555932^[18].
• Weirton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2390666^[19].
• Weirton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.41888888888889, 'lon': -80.58944444444444}^[20].
• Weirton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013nrc^[21].
• Weirton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 54-85156^[22].
• Weirton's official website is recorded as https://www.cityofweirton.com/^[23].
• Weirton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Weirton, West Virginia^[24].
• Weirton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 0ddf598c-6da3-444a-a462-9ffcf1c0ba76^[25].
• Weirton's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/West_Virginia/Localities/W/Weirton/^[26].
• Weirton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+18989'}^[27].

Body

Founding

+1947-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Weirton^[17].

Identity

Weirton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Weirton'}^[28]. Weirton's part of is recorded as Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area^[12].

Why It Matters

Weirton ranks in the top 6% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (360 views/month).^[2] Weirton has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Weirton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]