Hancock County

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Hancock County is the northernmost county in West Virginia, known for its industrial communities and location along the Ohio River in the state's Northern Panhandle.

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Hancock County canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
borderedByRiver Ohio River
bordersState Ohio
Pennsylvania
containsCity Weirton, West Virginia
containsTown Chester, West Virginia
New Cumberland, West Virginia
country United States
countySeat New Cumberland, West Virginia
FIPSCode 54XXX
GNISFeatureID XXXXXXX
governmentType county commission
hasAdjacentCounty Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Brooke County, West Virginia
Columbiana County, Ohio NERFINISHED
Jefferson County, Ohio NERFINISHED
Washington County, Pennsylvania
hasBorderType land border with Ohio
land border with Pennsylvania
river border along the Ohio River
hasFeature industrial riverfront communities
hasJudicialDistrict First Judicial Circuit of West Virginia
hasJurisdiction Hancock County Sheriff's Office
hasPrimaryEconomicSectors manufacturing
retail trade
services
hasRegionType panhandle county
isNorthernmostCountyOf West Virginia
isPartOfCongressionalDistrict West Virginia's 1st congressional district
knownFor industrial communities
manufacturing
steel industry
largestCity Weirton, West Virginia
locatedIn Appalachia
Northern Panhandle of West Virginia
Ohio River Valley
linked to: Ohio Valley region

northern West Virginia
namedAfter John Hancock
observesDST Eastern Daylight Time
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
partOf Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area
state West Virginia
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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