Wheeling Island

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title: "Wheeling Island" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["river-islands-of-west-virginia", "geography-of-wheeling,-west-virginia", "islands-of-the-ohio-river", "landforms-of-ohio-county,-west-virginia", "neighborhoods-in-wheeling,-west-virginia"] description: "Island in West Virginia, United States" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeling_Island" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Island in West Virginia, United States ::

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name	Wheeling Island
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image	Image:Wheeling Island.jpg
image_size	350px
image_caption	Buildings on Wheeling Island as viewed across the east channel of the Ohio River from downtown Wheeling in 2006. The hills in the background are in Belmont County, Ohio.
pushpin_map	West Virginia#USA
coordinates
location	Ohio River
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area_sqmi
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width_mi
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country	United States
country_admin_divisions	West Virginia
country_admin_divisions_1	Ohio County
country_area_sqmi
country1_area_sqmi
population	3,142
population_as_of	2000
timezone1	Eastern
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Wheeling Island lies at the mouths of Wheeling Creek of Ohio and Wheeling Creek of West Virginia. The island is home to the Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack at Wheeling Downs and Wheeling Island Stadium, home of the West Virginia State Football Championships.

Wheeling Island has a number of historic homes featuring Victorian Architecture. An elementary school (Madison Elementary, by Prominent WV Architect F.F. Faris, also Wheeling Island is the location of his personal residence), churches, a public pool (Bridge Park Pool), and several restaurants are located on the island.

A section of Wheeling Island is protected as part of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

Transportation

Wheeling Island is connected to downtown Wheeling via the Fort Henry Bridge, carrying Interstate 70, U.S. Route 40, and U.S. Route 250, and the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, carrying the National Road.

Two additional bridges cross the back channel of the Ohio River to connect the island to Bridgeport, one for Interstate 70, and a second for US 250 and US 40. The Aetnaville Bridge also crosses the back channel of the Ohio River, but was closed to vehicle traffic in 1988 and to the public in 2016 over safety concerns.

Variant names

Originally known by various names including Zanes Island and Madison Island, the Board on Geographic Names decided upon Wheeling Island as the bar's official name in 1902. Local residents refer to it as simply "The Island."

References

References

1. Hay, Jerry M.. (2008). "Ohio River Guidebook". Inland Waterways Books.
2. "U.S. Census Bureau: Census Tracts 5 and 6, Ohio County, West Virginia".
3. (August 2013). "Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge Brochure".

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