Wellsburg

city in West Virginia, United States
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Summary

Wellsburg is a city in the United States[1]. Wellsburg ranks in the top 8% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Brooke County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Ohio River[5]
  • Postal code: 26070[6]
  • Commons category: Wellsburg, West Virginia[7]
  • Local dialing code: 304[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Wellsburg, West Virginia[9]
  • Population: 2805[10], 2450[11]
  • Capital of: Brooke County[12]
  • Official name: Wellsburg[13]
  • Category for people born here: Q20897364[14]
  • Number of households: 1099[15]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Wellsburg, West Virginia[16]
  • Elevation above sea level: 206 m[17]
  • Area: 3.441891 km²[18], 3.466392 km²[19]
  • Water as percent of area: 26.8124 percent[20]
  • Per capita income: 26,012 US dollars[21]

Why It Matters

Wellsburg has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Wellsburg is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2h ago · Diamondarmorstev · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Ohio River
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in or next to body of water: Ohio River"
  2. 7d ago · Mr buick · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 40.27737, 'lon': -80.609349}
    Population → {'amount': '+2805'}, {'amount': '+2450'}
    Country → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cy', 'dag', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr'
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Topic's main category: Category:Wellsburg, West Virginia"
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