Wheeling Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Belmont County

Belmont County, Ohio

Belmont County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 70,400. Its county seat is St. Clairsville...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,477 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Short Creek Township, Harrison County
  Short Creek Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Short Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,012 people in the township, 614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County
  Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Mount Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,588 people in the township, 1,503 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Colerain Township
  Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Colerain Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,438 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,571 people in the township, 8,514 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Union Township
  Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,151 people in the township, 1,852 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Flushing Township
  Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Flushing Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,990 people in the township, 745 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Athens Township, Harrison County
  Athens Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Athens Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 520 people in the township, 187 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Wheeling Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Fairpoint

Fairpoint, Ohio

Fairpoint is an unincorporated community in eastern Wheeling Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43927. It lies along State Route 9....

 lies in the township's east.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Wheeling Township is located in Guernsey County

Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Wheeling Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 752 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.