Roneys Point, West Virginia
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Roneys Point is an unincorporated community in Ohio County
, West Virginia
, USA. Roneys Point is located along Little Wheeling Creek on the National Road
(U.S. Highway 40) between Point Mills
and Valley Camp. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Roney's point was named for an early settler with the surname Roney (first name unknown) specifically because the ridges met at a point where Roney's Point Run meets Middle Wheeling Creek.
Ohio County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 47,427 people, 19,733 households, and 12,155 families residing in the county. The population density was 447 people per square mile . There were 22,166 housing units at an average density of 209 per square mile...
, West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, USA. Roneys Point is located along Little Wheeling Creek on the National Road
National Road
The National Road or Cumberland Road was the first major improved highway in the United States to be built by the federal government. Construction began heading west in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland, on the Potomac River. It crossed the Allegheny Mountains and southwestern Pennsylvania, reaching...
(U.S. Highway 40) between Point Mills
Point Mills, West Virginia
Point Mills is an unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia, United States. Point Mills lies along the National Road and is incorporated into the Village of Valley Grove. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area....
and Valley Camp. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Wheeling metropolitan area
The Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and one in Ohio, anchored by the city of Wheeling...
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Roney's point was named for an early settler with the surname Roney (first name unknown) specifically because the ridges met at a point where Roney's Point Run meets Middle Wheeling Creek.