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County Information



Some of the cities, towns, and places in Wetzel County are Bebee, Big Run, Burton, Coburn, Earnshaw, Folsom, Hastings, Hundred, Jacksonburg, Knob Fork, Littleton, Maud, New Martinsville, Paden City, Pine Grove, Porters Falls, Proctor, Reader, Rockport, Silver Hill, Smithfield, Wheat, Wileyville

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Wetzel County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,583. Its county seat is New Martinsville. The county, founded in 1846, is named for Lewis Wetzel, a famous frontiersman and Indian fighter. Its northern border aligns with the Mason-Dixon line but is to the west of the line's western terminus.