Moundsville
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city in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Marshall
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- David Wood
- City manager
- Richard Healy
- Total
- 3.36 sq mi (8.70 km )
- Land
- 2.91 sq mi (7.53 km )
- Water
- 0.45 sq mi (1.17 km )
- Elevation
- 696 ft (212 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 7,981
- Density
- 2,780/sq mi (1,070/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 54-56020
- Website
- www .cityofmoundsville .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Moundsville is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 8,122 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. The city was named for the nearby ancient Grave Creek Mound, constructed 250 to 100 BC by indigenous people of the Adena culture.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moundsville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.