Hancock County, West Virginia

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Hancock County, West Virginia is the state's northernmost and smallest county by area, located in the Northern Panhandle along the Ohio River and forming part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan region.

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Hancock County, West Virginia canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county of West Virginia
areaCode 304
681
areaRankInStateByLandArea smallest
bordersRiver Ohio River
bordersState Ohio
Pennsylvania
congressionalDistrict West Virginia's 1st congressional district
containsCity Weirton, West Virginia
containsCommunity Kings Creek, West Virginia
Lawrenceville, West Virginia
Moscow, West Virginia
New Manchester, West Virginia
Newell, West Virginia
Pughtown, West Virginia
containsLandmark Homer Laughlin China Company complex
Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort
Tomlinson Run State Park
containsTown Chester, West Virginia
New Cumberland, West Virginia
country United States of America
countySeat New Cumberland, West Virginia
dateEstablished 1848
federalDistrictCourtJurisdiction United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
surface form: Northern District of West Virginia
formedFrom Brooke County, Virginia
governingBody Hancock County Commission
hasBorderShapeCharacteristic forms tip of West Virginia Northern Panhandle
hasBorderWithCounty Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Brooke County, West Virginia
Columbiana County, Ohio
Jefferson County, Ohio
Washington County, Pennsylvania
hasCountyCode WV-029
hasMajorIndustryHistory pottery and ceramics manufacturing
steel industry
isNorthernmostCountyOf West Virginia
isPartOf Rust Belt
surface form: United States Rust Belt
isSmallestCountyByAreaOf West Virginia
largestCity Weirton, West Virginia
locatedIn Appalachia
Northern Panhandle of West Virginia
locatedInRegion Ohio Valley region
surface form: Ohio River Valley
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
namedAfter John Hancock
partOfCombinedStatisticalArea Pittsburgh region
surface form: Pittsburgh combined statistical area
partOfMetropolitanArea Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area
postalAbbreviationState West Virginia
surface form: WV
state West Virginia

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Washington County borderedBy Hancock County, West Virginia
subject surface form: Washington County, Pennsylvania
Brooke County, West Virginia adjacentTo Hancock County, West Virginia
West Virginia Route 2 regionServed Hancock County, West Virginia
Columbiana County, Ohio hasBorder Hancock County, West Virginia
Beaver County, Pennsylvania borderedBy Hancock County, West Virginia
Northern Panhandle of West Virginia contains Hancock County, West Virginia