Brooke County
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Brooke County is a county in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, known for its location along the Ohio River and its historical ties to early American industry and settlement.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
county ⓘ |
| borderCounty |
Hancock County, West Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jefferson County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borders | Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderState | Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countySeat | Wellsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courthouseLocatedIn | Wellsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1797 ⓘ |
| economyHistoricallyBasedOn |
manufacturing
ⓘ
river transportation ⓘ steel industry ⓘ |
| formedFrom | Ohio County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode |
304
ⓘ
681 ⓘ |
| hasBorderType | river border with Ohio ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Follansbee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wellsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountyCourthouse | Brooke County Courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountyNumberInWestVirginia | 05 GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Ohio River valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
rolling Appalachian foothills ⓘ |
| hasFIPSCode | 54-009 ⓘ |
| hasGNISFeatureID | 1553980 ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | county commission ⓘ |
| hasHistoricActivity |
coal and steel-related industries
ⓘ
river trade on the Ohio River ⓘ |
| hasInstitution | Bethany College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlementHistory | early American frontier settlement ⓘ |
| hasTown | Bethany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfCongressionalDistrict | West Virginia's 1st congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joinedState | West Virginia in 1863 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early American industrial development
ⓘ
historic riverfront communities ⓘ steel and manufacturing history ⓘ |
| largestCity | Follansbee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern Panhandle of West Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalEntity | Virginia (prior to 1863) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Appalachia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Governor Robert Brooke of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | West Virginia ⓘ |
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