| LC control no. | n 83023566 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Ohio County (W. Va.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | West Virginia--Ohio County |
| Variant(s) | Ohio Co., W. Va. Ohio County (Va.) |
| See also | Tyler County (W. Va.) |
| Beginning date | 1776 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | West Virginia |
| Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 40°06ʹ00ʺN 080°36ʹ59ʺW) Wikipedia, July 5, 2019: Ohio County, West Virginia (county located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia; county seat is Wheeling; county was formed in 1776 from the District of West Augusta, Virginia [no access points in OCLC]; when Ohio County was formed in 1776, its area was much larger totaling 1,432 sq mi (3,710 km²) and included portions of what is now Washington and Greene Counties in Pennsylvania. The formation of the Mason-Dixon line and resolution of border disputes between Pennsylvania and Virginia began the first in a long series of reductions in the county's size) Tyler County, West Virginia (Tyler County was formed from a portion of Ohio County on December 6, 1814) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-wv |
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