Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel was a steel manufacturer based in Wheeling , West Virginia .
92-614: The company owned the following factories, all of which are between Benwood, West Virginia , and Steubenville, Ohio . Wheeling Steel was acquired by Pittsburgh Steel to form the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation in December 1968. The merger added: Wheeling Steel Corporation was organized on June 21, 1920. It consisted largely of the assets of the Whitaker iron family and associated families in
184-531: A $ 12.5 million loan from Ohio in 2003 to assist in installing a modern electric arc furnace at Steubenville South, supplanting the blast furnace still in use there. The EAF made its first heat in November 2004, and the remaining blast furnace of Steubenville North was idled along with the rest of that facility in May 2005. Esmark acquired the company in November 2007 after a proxy battle. In May 2008, Esmark shut down
276-529: A West Virginia legislator, Dr. Harriet B. Jones . On August 4, 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed near Moundsville, and by the decade's end the Fokker Aircraft Company established a plant, which became a major employer in the area, and in 1934 was transformed into a toy factory (which closed in 1980). Part of northern Marshall County is now within the city of Wheeling. In 1968, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada established New Vrindaban near
368-493: A group of investors called Acero Junction, who sold the mill to JSW Steel Ltd for $ 80.81 million in June 2018. The mill, now operated as JSW Steel Ohio, began melting and casting steel that December. In July 2020, JSW Steel Ohio was idled indefinitely pending upgrade or replacement of the electric arc furnace, affecting 160 employees. On March 8, 2021, JSW Steel announced that the upgrade of the electric arc furnace had been completed,
460-543: A holding-company structure, where the newly formed WHX Corporation would become the parent company of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel. In 2001, the company filed for bankruptcy protection again after posting a major loss and increasing debt. In 2003, the company emerged from bankruptcy protection after a reorganization that would make it independent of the WHX Corporation. In an effort to revitalize their aging steelmaking facilities and preserve jobs, Wheeling-Pitt received
552-571: A household in the city was $ 20,478, and the median income for a family was $ 27,232. Males had a median income of $ 23,906 versus $ 16,827 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 15,543. About 19.5% of families and 21.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 30.6% of those under age 18 and 16.2% of those age 65 or over. Benwood is partitioned into four sections ( North Benwood , Center Benwood , South Benwood and Boggs Run ) each connected by either Marshall Street or West Virginia Route 2 . North Benwood North Benwood
644-442: A household in the county was $ 30,989, and the median income for a family was $ 39,053. Males had a median income of $ 31,821 versus $ 19,053 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 16,472. About 12.40% of families and 16.60% of the population were below the poverty line , including 24.30% of those under age 18 and 11.30% of those age 65 or over. 0% of those under age 18 and 11.30% of those age 65 or over. Marshall County
736-431: A new church was built on the same site between 1891 and 1892. The cornerstone for the second church was laid on June 28, 1891. The second church served the parish for one hundred and twenty-four years until it was destroyed by a fire on March 30, 2015. The 1891 church, along with the rectory, was demolished between May 2015 and August 2015. Ground was broken for the third Saint John Church on June 28, 2016. The new church
828-423: A new prototype with adjustable gates near Pittsburgh to secure a 6-foot water flow. As the 20th century began, a series of appropriations funded 18 locks and dams, finally finished in 1929. These were built for flood control, and the canals of 9-foot depth between them facilitated transportation of heavy raw materials (including coal and iron ore) and finished goods (including steel). The McMechen Lockmaster Houses on
920-634: A plant in 1904. Industries which developed locally in the early 20th century included: paper box manufacturing, building materials, pottery, well-drilling tools, women's clothing, guns, and chemicals (in World War II). Most of the buildings in the Moundsville Commercial Historic District date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On April 28, 1924, a mine in Benwood that supplied Wheeling Steel experienced
1012-575: A raid on Beeler's Station in 1782. In 1784, General George Washington was among the veteran patriots who bought or established land claims in Ohio County (in what later became Marshall County) as the revolutionary war ended. Clark's Fort had been built in 1779 on Wheeling Creek at what became the Pennsylvania/Virginia boundary. Several additional blockhouses and forts were built in 1784, including Baker's Station at Cresap (where
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#17328022000001104-630: A school by the same name was opened in the chapel building and continued to operate until Saint Catherine School closed in 1962 at the end of the 1961–1962 school year. The majority of the students who attended the former Saint John School in Center Benwood (later Saint James and Saint John School) and the former Saint Catherine School in North Benwood went on to attend high school at Bishop Donahue Memorial High School in McMechen, which
1196-653: A subsidiary of Renco Group . In 2012, RG Steel filed for bankruptcy protection and initiated layoffs. As part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation of RG Steel, the Yorkville, Ohio plant was sold back to Esmark, the Martins Ferry, Ohio plant was sold to a local businessman, and the Steubenville, Ohio plant was sold to the metal recycler Herman Strauss. Steubenville South was purchased and refurbished by
1288-552: Is located at 40°00′46″N 80°44′02″W / 40.012748°N 80.734008°W / 40.012748; -80.734008 (40.012748, -80.734008). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 1.86 square miles (4.82 km ), of which 1.30 square miles (3.37 km ) is land and 0.56 square miles (1.45 km ) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,420 people, 654 households, and 357 families residing in
1380-485: Is the primary commercial area of the small city and contains several businesses and fast food restaurants. While all of Benwood lies in a flood zone, North Benwood tends to be hit hardest by the floods of the Ohio River. Center Benwood Slightly to the south lies Center Benwood, which is the primary residential section of the city and contains Saint John Roman Catholic Church, Benwood City Park (established in 1973),
1472-466: Is water. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 30,591 people and 11,811 households residing in the county. There were 14,728 housing units in Marshall. The racial makeup of the county was 94.1% White , 0.9% African American , 0.4% Asian , 0.1% Native American , 0.4% from other races , and 4.1% from two or more races . Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.2% of the population. Of
1564-745: The Adena culture constructed the Grave Creek Mound by 100 B.C.E., which was the highest conical burial mound in what came to be the United States, with only that in Miamisburg, Ohio of even comparable size. However, by the 18th century the area contained no permanent settlements. Tribes which hunted, foraged and made war in the area by that time included the Algonquian language speaking Delaware , Ottawa , Miami and Shawnee , and
1656-568: The Appalachian Mountains to Uniontown, Pennsylvania and Washington, Pennsylvania then Wheeling and points westward. The road reached Wheeling (upstream from Elizabethtown) in 1818, and in 1830 Congress authorized rebuilding and improvement of the road using macadam . This led to the establishment of taverns and inns, including in Marshall County, although Wheeling (at the end of the Ohio River narrows as well as where
1748-731: The Cumberland Narrows pass in the Appalachian Mountains seeking to capture Fort Duquesne in 1755. In 1811 this path was developed through Marshall County into the National Road as discussed below. In 1752, according to Christopher Gist 's diary, Gist explored the Ohio River Valley area in what became Marshall County on behalf of the Ohio Company , a group of Virginia investors, before
1840-701: The Iroquoian language speaking Cherokee , Iroquois , Mingo , Mohawk , Wyandot/Huron and Seneca . Two major trails intersected in what would become Marshall County. One was a major roughly north–south path sometimes known as the Great Indian Warpath (other names included the "Great Catawba War Path", "Cherokee Path" or "Tennessee Path") which ran along the Great Appalachian Valley from what became Olean, New York through Uniontown, Pennsylvania and then split after crossing
1932-772: The U.S. state of West Virginia . At the 2020 census , the population was 30,591. Its county seat is Moundsville . With its southern border at what would be a continuation of the Mason-Dixon line to the Ohio River , it forms the base of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia . Marshall County is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area . Marshall County is home to the largest conical burial mound in North America, at Moundsville. Marshall County
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#17328022000002024-506: The census of 2000, there were 35,519 people, 14,207 households, and 10,101 families residing in the county. The population density was 116 inhabitants per square mile (45/km ). There were 15,814 housing units at an average density of 52 units per square mile (20 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 98.40% White , 0.43% Black or African American , 0.11% Native American , 0.25% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 0.12% from other races , and 0.67% from two or more races. 0.64% of
2116-501: The 11,811 households, 50.7% were married couples living together, 28.6% had a female householder with no spouse present, 16.1% had a male householder with no spouse present. The average household and family size was 3.18. The median age in the county was 46.1 years with 19.3% of the population under 18. The median income for a household was $ 52,371 and the poverty rate was 14.5%. As of the 2010 United States census , there were 33,107 people, 13,869 households, and 9,359 families residing in
2208-531: The 1980s, the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 1985. In 1986, the company closed the Monessen rail mill that employed 200 people. That same year, Wheeling-Pitt opened a galvanizing plant for automotive sheet steel as a joint-venture with Nippon Steel in Follansbee, WV. The company reduced its employee count from 8,500 in 1985 to 6,500 in 1990. In 1994, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel reorganized into
2300-431: The 2020 census. Benwood was chartered in 1853 and incorporated in 1895. The name of the city is derived from "Ben's Woods", as Benjamin McMechen (1777–1855) inherited that portion of land from the estate of his father, William McMechen (1724–1797), and built his homestead upon it. The neighboring city of McMechen is named after William McMechen and his family, who were among the earliest settlers of this area. Benwood
2392-621: The Allenport Works, laying off 240 people. In August 2008, Severstal acquired Esmark's Wheeling-Pittsburgh holdings for $ 1.25 billion. In 2009, Severstal idled most of the former Wheeling-Pitt operations, including Steubenville South and the manufacturing operations in Wheeling. The move laid off over 3,100 workers in West Virginia and Ohio. In 2011, Severstal sold the former Wheeling-Pitt steelmaking operations to RG Steel,
2484-598: The Fourth Street Playground, the city building, the fire, water and police departments, the post office, and the Blake Brothers Post No. 46 American Legion. Center Benwood is laid out in a rectangular grid, approximately 1 mile around divided 4 blocks long and 3 streets wide. Center Benwood used to be hit very hard by the devastating floods of the Ohio River, but a flood wall was constructed along Water Street (the street that runs along
2576-685: The National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The Civil War divided Marshall County. Western Virginian Southern Unionists collected in the Wheeling Convention after the Virginia Secession Convention of April 1861. Jacob Burley's son, a farmer and Whig who also served as sheriff and then local Justice of the Peace since 1850, James Burley had been easily elected as Marshall County's delegate at
2668-633: The National Road crossed the Ohio River) would become the only city developed in Ohio County in this era. The National Road received additional impetus when the Wheeling Suspension Bridge across the Ohio River was completed in 1848, although by this time railroad and steamboat technology had improved and superseded the roadway. The Virginia General Assembly created Marshall County from part of Ohio County on March 12, 1835,
2760-503: The Ohio River (built in Marshall County in 1911) are among the few that remain (and have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992). In 1872, Marshall County's nine townships were converted into magisterial districts. Their names and boundaries remained largely unchanged, with only minor adjustments over the next century. In the 1970s, Marshall's nine historic districts were consolidated into three new magisterial districts: District 1, District 2, and District 3. In
2852-675: The Ohio River, such that various branches (in what became West Virginia) reached the Kanawha River or the Cheat River before proceeding southwest to Kentucky and Tennessee, or southeast toward the Carolinas and/or Alabama. Another major trail, more distinct in this area and proceeding east–west, was sometimes known as Braddock's Road or Nemacolin's Path after the native chieftain and trailblazer who assisted General Braddock and George Washington during their unsuccessful march through
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2944-466: The Ohio valley and remained under their control for many years. In 1968, Wheeling Steel merged with Pittsburgh Steel to become the 9th-largest steelmaker in the United States at the time. The company was slow to modernize its high-cost facilities and accumulated excess debt following a series of modernization programs in the 1960s and 1970s. Combined with labor contract disagreements and a pension crisis in
3036-424: The Peace, and Elbert H. Caldwell was selected as first Commonwealth attorney. The first courthouse was finished the following year, and replaced in 1875. The building was the seat of county government, and underwent major renovations in 1974. Agriculture was the main industry during the first decades of Marshall County history, but trade continued along the Ohio River and the National Road. Early businesses included
3128-777: The River Shore Flour Mill (1832) and the Mound City Flour Mill (1845). Marshall County's first newspaper began printing in Elizabethtown in 1831. An iron forge was established at Benwood near the Ohio river and Wheeling/Ohio County border in 1850, and that industrial area would develop following the Civil War. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reached the Ohio River when two construction crews met at Rosbys Rock in Marshall County about five miles from Moundsville on December 24, 1852. In 1857,
3220-738: The Secession Convention. His father-in-law was Bushrod W. Price, who had served as delegate in the Virginia General Assembly. Burley voted against secession during both votes, which caused the secessionists to expel him from that convention, but he later won election to the West Virginia Senate in 1863 and 1867. Marshall County's delegates to the Wheeling Convention included Remembrance Swan (whose son Remembrance M. Swan would fight for
3312-646: The Union as an Iowa volunteer), C. H. Caldwell and Robert Morris. Ultimately, the Wheeling Convention process led to the creation of the State of West Virginia in 1863. Meanwhile, James M. Hoge , who had briefly been Elbert Caldwell's successor as the Marshall County commonwealth attorney, but who moved downriver and owned slaves in Putnam County (which sent no delegates to the Wheeling Convention)
3404-409: The Virginia General Assembly split off the northernmost part of Ohio County as Brooke County , but what became Marshall County remained in Ohio County. (Point Pleasant, the location of the critical 1774 battle became a different county's seat when Mason County was split from Kanawha County in 1804.) The first town in what became Marshall County, Elizabethtown (which would later become Moundsville),
3496-779: The Virginia convention in 1775, which eventually established the Commonwealth of Virginia. The District was governed from Fort Dunmore (as Virginians renamed it by 1774, and which later became Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ). In 1776, the Virginia General Assembly created the counties of Ohio , Monongalia and Yohogania from what had been the District of West Augusta. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania also claimed much of this area, and established Westmoreland County with similar boundaries. Pennsylvania divided
3588-517: The Warrior's Trail reached the Ohio River), and another Clark's Fort at Sherrard (on Wheeling Creek at what became the intersection of routes 88 and 86), and Martin's Fort and Himes Blockhouse where Fish Creek joined the Ohio River. John Wetzel died during a raid on Baker's Station in 1787. Hostilities with local tribes did not formally end until the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. The following year
3680-538: The Wheeling Steel Corporation's mill located in Benwood exploded, killing all 119 men who were working in the coal mine at the time. The majority of the miners killed were recent immigrants of Polish, Italian, Greek, Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Russian, Ukrainian and Lithuanian descent. 1942 Hitchman Mine Disaster Marshall County, West Virginia Marshall County is a county in
3772-428: The age of 18 living with them, 31.5% were married couples living together, 17.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 45.4% were non-families. 39.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.94. The median age in
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3864-465: The area in the 1763 peace treaty following that war. Nonetheless, emigrants crossed the mountains. John Wetzel staked a claim along Wheeling Creek in what is now Marshall County's Sand Hill District in 1764 (building a fortification by 1769). The British concluded the Treaty of Fort Stanwix with the Iroquois in 1768, which purported to give them this area and much of the Ohio River valley, despite
3956-600: The area of Westmoreland County that Virginia considered Yohogania County into Fayette and Washington Counties in 1781 and 1783. It also negotiated its border with Maryland, and only ceded the area south of the Mason–Dixon line to the United States in 1787, when Virginia ceded its claims north of the Ohio River as well, allowing the Continental Congress to establish the Northwest Territory from
4048-555: The area west of both states' reduced claims. Meanwhile, during the ongoing raids from Native Americans and their British allies, particularly during 1777, many settlers (including in what became Marshall County) left smaller blockhouses and retreated to Fort Redstone at Brownsville, Pennsylvania until the end of the American Revolutionary War . Nonetheless, hostilities continued, as the Wetzel brothers repulsed
4140-420: The banks of the Ohio River) in 1982, thus protecting that section of Benwood from the river floods seen in the last three decades (1990, 1991, 1996, 2004, 2005 and 2011). South Benwood South Benwood lies below Center Benwood and contains the majority of the city's industrial developments. Boggs Run The Boggs Run area of Benwood contains the land extending from Marshall Street at the mouth of Boggs Run to
4232-465: The beginning of the 1968–1969 school year and is still in operation. Union then became a junior high school (grades 7, 8 and 9) until it closed in 2003 at the end of the 2002–2003 school year. Parochial/Private Schools Saint James and Saint John School was a Roman Catholic elementary and middle school (preschool through eighth grade) that was located on 7th Street in Center Benwood. The origin of Saint John School dated back to 1860. The school, which
4324-408: The building was later razed. A public elementary school was located in North Benwood and closed in 1953 as well. The Croatian Cultural Club building housed this school. South Benwood had a public elementary school, but it was destroyed by fire in the early 1910s. Boggs Run Elementary School is located on Boggs Run Road beyond the Benwood city limits. It was first housed in a wooden structure, but
4416-556: The city was 40.5 years. 22.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.4% were from 25 to 44; 29.6% were from 45 to 64; and 16.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.4% male and 52.6% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,585 people, 706 households, and 429 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,268.7 people per square mile (489.6/km ). There were 811 housing units at an average density of 649.2 per square mile (250.5/km ). The racial makeup of
4508-529: The city was 98.23% White, 1.14% African American, 0.06% Native American , 0.06% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander , and 0.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.19% of the population. There were 706 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.7% were married couples living together, 17.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families. 34.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.7% had someone living alone who
4600-493: The city. Former neighborhoods Harmony Hill was a residential area of Benwood that was located on the hillside between the mouth of Boggs Run and Schad's Crossing (former entrance to the north end of Center Benwood at Fourth Street) along West Virginia Route 2. Kentucky Heights was another residential area located on the hillside along Route 2 between Schad's Crossing at Center Benwood and The Bellaire Bridge . The homes and businesses of both areas were all razed to make way for
4692-424: The city. The population density was 1,092.3 inhabitants per square mile (421.7/km ). There were 761 housing units at an average density of 585.4 per square mile (226.0/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 95.8% White , 1.3% African American , 0.1% Asian , and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0% of the population. There were 654 households, of which 24.6% had children under
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#17328022000004784-582: The claims of other native peoples, particularly the Algonquian-speaking tribes. The Zane brothers ( Ebenezer , and later Andrew, Jonathan and Silas) built cabins at the confluence of Wheeling Creek and the Ohio River in 1770, and their settlement decades later became Wheeling . Joseph, James and Samuel Tomlinson built a cabin on the Flats of Grave Creek at what became Moundsville around the same time, but experienced "Indian troubles" upon returning
4876-491: The conflict which became known as the French and Indian War . The French explorer Sieur De la Salle had traveled on the Ohio River in 1669, and Captain deBlainville had buried lead plates staking France's claim to the valley in 1749. English speakers attempted to strengthen their claims initially by settlement, much to the displeasure of local Native Americans. The British government prohibited colonists from officially settling in
4968-438: The confluence of Boggs Run and Browns Run. That portion of land was annexed to the city of Benwood on November 7, 1944. Boggs Run (the creek that runs through the land) is named after John Boggs (1738–1826), who staked his claim to the land surrounding the creek in 1774 and settled there with his family along the creek. In 1798, he sold the land at Boggs Run and moved with most of his family to Pickaway County, Ohio where he lived
5060-415: The county. The population density was 108.4 inhabitants per square mile (41.9/km ). There were 15,918 housing units at an average density of 52.1 units per square mile (20.1 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 98.0% white, 0.5% black or African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.1% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.8% of
5152-405: The end of the 1967–1968 school year, graduating its last class in 1968. Union High School was consolidated with two other public high schools in Marshall County (Moundsville High School and Sherrard High School, which both became junior high schools and are still in operation) in 1968 to form John Marshall High School in the city of Glen Dale in Marshall County. John Marshall High School opened at
5244-401: The event of an Ohio River Flood, the mouth of Boggs Run is flooded both by the river and the creek, as the river flood backs up the flow of the creek. Outlying areas While the areas of Benwood Hill and a portion of Boggs Run beyond where Browns Run flows into Boggs Run are provided with some services from Benwood's public works, they fall outside the city limits and are not directly parts of
5336-591: The fire that destroyed Saint John Church on March 30, 2015, the school was moved to the former Saint Francis Xavier School in Moundsville, West Virginia (closed in 2012) where the students finished the 2014–2015 school year. On May 18, 2015, it was announced by the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston that the school would remain in Moundsville. The school would be renamed All Saints Catholic School. All Saints operated for two school years (2015 - 2016 and 2016 - 2017) and
5428-533: The first resident pastor, Rev. Patrick F. McKernan, was appointed to serve the Roman Catholic residents of Benwood. Prior to 1875, the original church, which had been constructed about 1868 and was dedicated to Saint John, was served by visiting priests from surrounding parishes. The original church was damaged in the Ohio River Flood of February 1884. As a result, the church was demolished, and
5520-489: The following spring, and despite fortifying it, left until 1773. In 1774, Native Americans decided to drive the settlers from their valley and attacked Michael Cresap's settlement at Cresap's Bottom. The British colonists and military fortified Fort Fincastle at what became Wheeling and which was renamed "Fort Henry" during the American Revolutionary War . Cresap gathered other settlers and counterattacked, continuing what became locally called Cresap's War, or Dunmore's War . In
5612-427: The heavily rural state, and the townships would be converted into magisterial districts in 1872. Marshall County was initially divided into nine townships: Cameron, Clay, Franklin, Liberty, Meade, Sand Hill, Union, Washington, and Webster. In 1866, after prisoners escaped from local jails, West Virginia's legislature authorized the purchase of land in Moundsville for the new state's penitentiary. The wooden structure
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#17328022000005704-400: The historic village of Limestone . In 1972, his followers built Prabhupada's Palace of Gold . Both have now become tourist attractions, although New Vrindaban also operates a substantial farm. According to the United States Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 312 square miles (810 km ), of which 305 square miles (790 km ) is land and 6.7 square miles (17 km ) (2.2%)
5796-628: The late 19th century, several industries, including manufacturers of brooms, buggy whips, bricks, building supplies, steel and glassware developed in Marshall County. In 1892, the Fostoria Glass Company began producing quality tableware in Moundsville (the plant closed in 1986), and in 1901 the United States Stamping Company began producing enameled cooking ware. In the former sheep-farming community of Glen Dale , Wheeling Metal and Manufacturing Company opened
5888-531: The mill would restart the following week. The mill is now capable of producing 12 inch mini-slabs for JSW Steel's pipe and plate facility in Baytown, Texas. The Follansbee, WV coke-making facility was retained by Severstal until 2014, when it was sold to AK Steel The facility is currently operated as Mountain State Carbon, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel. On February 11, 2022, Cleveland-Cliffs ,
5980-538: The only pitched battle of that war (considerably downstream of Marshall County), Virginia militia led by colonel Andrew Lewis defeated outnumbered native warriors led by Shawnee Chief Cornstalk at the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774. The large Ohio River valley area which Virginians called the District of West Augusta (the first county organized west of the Appalachian Mountains ) sent two delegates to
6072-433: The outlying areas of Boggs Run and Browns Run in the mid to late 1800s and early 1900s. Saint John Church is a parish within the Wheeling Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston . Since June 20, 1995, Saint John Church and Saint James Roman Catholic Church in the neighboring city of McMechen have been served by the same pastor. On June 15, 2016, the pastor of Saint John Church and Saint James Church
6164-433: The owner and operator of the facility since its acquisition of AK Steel in 2020, announced that it would permanently close Mountain State Carbon in the second quarter of 2022, citing the increased usage of hot briquetted iron and scrap in the company's steelmaking decreasing its need for coke. All 288 employees at the facility will be offered positions within Cleveland Cliffs, with a staff of 15 being maintained to comply with
6256-443: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 14,207 households, out of which 29.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were married couples living together, 10.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.90% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
6348-463: The population. In terms of ancestry, 26.2% were German , 17.6% were Irish , 13.0% were English , 9.6% were American , 7.0% were Polish , and 6.6% were Italian . Of the 13,869 households, 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.5% were non-families, and 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size
6440-406: The railroad first crossed the Ohio river downstream, near Parkersburg . Although both towns and the railroad proposed a bridge linking Benwood and Bellaire, Ohio long before, litigation by the pre-existing ferry company as well as the Civil War discussed below, meant the bridge was not completed until 1870, although refurbished, the B & O Railroad Viaduct remains in use today and was listed on
6532-411: The regulations of decommissioning the coke works. The former Beech Bottom Works site is being refurbished by aluminum producer Jupiter Aluminum to coat aluminum coils. Benwood, West Virginia Benwood is a city in Marshall County , West Virginia , United States, along the Ohio River . It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 1,269 at
6624-469: The relocation of West Virginia Route 2 through the construction of the present four-lane highway in 1966. Benwood was once home to three churches of different religious denominations. Of the three churches, two remain in operation. Saint John Roman Catholic Church Saint John Roman Catholic Church, located at 622 Main Street in Center Benwood, was officially established as a parish on August 1, 1875 when
6716-543: The remainder of his life. He is buried in the Boggs Family Cemetery (Elmwood Farm) in Logan Elm Village, Pickaway County, Ohio. Boggs Run has seen many devastating flash floods through the years, but one of the worst in recent history occurred August 31, 1975. Three other significant flash floods in the 20th and 21st Centuries occurred on June 14, 1990, September 17, 2004 and July 28, 2017. In
6808-500: The same year Congress gave the National Road (and its maintenance responsibilities) to the states. It was named in honor of John Marshall , Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court , who died that year. Its local government was organized in June, with its county seat at Elizabethtown. Jacob Burley, Benjamin McMechen, John Parriott, Samuel Howard and Zadock Masters became the new county's first Justices of
6900-413: The then-worst mining disaster in West Virginia history, killing an entire shift (119 men; now the state's third worst mining disaster). Between the 1890s and 1941, Benwood, McMechen , and Moundsville were connected by an electric railway. Coal mining remains important in Marshall County, with two mines producing 9.1 million tons of coal in 2009. In 1924, Marshall County elected the first woman to serve as
6992-472: The town's outskirts is now the northern regional jail. The Marshall County courthouse was rebuilt in 1876. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had dealt with flooding on the Ohio River as interference to navigation long before the American Civil War, and in 1870 adopted a plan for construction of 13 locks and dams between Pittsburgh and Wheeling, and a few years later Congress authorized funding of
7084-464: Was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.85. The median age was 44.3 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 34,419 and the median income for a family was $ 43,482. Males had a median income of $ 41,193 versus $ 26,585 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 21,064. About 13.9% of families and 18.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 26.5% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over. At
7176-400: Was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.91. In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.80% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 27.10% from 25 to 44, 26.40% from 45 to 64, and 16.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.60 males. The median income for
7268-448: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.90. In the city the population was spread out, with 22.0% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.9 males. The median income for
7360-644: Was a Diocesan school rather than a parish school. It was announced on June 22, 2017 that it would close. All Saints Catholic School served the parishioners of Saint John in Benwood, Saint James in McMechen, Saint Jude in Glen Dale, Saint Francis Xavier in Moundsville, Saint Martin of Tours in Cameron and Saint Joseph in Proctor. Saint James and Saint John School was demolished in August 2015. Saint Catherine School
7452-547: Was a Roman Catholic elementary and middle school (first through eighth grade) that was located on Marshall Street in North Benwood. The building, which once stood on the site of the parking lot of the former Pic-way Shoe Store (later the Payless ShoeSource) on Marshall Street, was originally used as a Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to Saint Catherine from 1924 to 1928. It was founded by Croatian immigrants, and it operated as its own parish during those years. In 1929,
7544-405: Was a public elementary school in Center Benwood. During the course of its history, three separate buildings housed this school located on Water Street. The first school building was built in the late 1860s and razed to build a larger school in 1873. The second school building was built in 1873 and razed in 1901. The third and final school building was built in 1901. The school closed in 1953, and
7636-458: Was also appointed the pastor of Saint Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church in Wheeling, West Virginia . Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church Saint Matthew Lutheran Church is located in Boggs Run on Boggs Run Road just outside the Benwood city limits. The church was formerly located in what is now the Blake Brothers Post No. 46 American Legion building in Center Benwood on Water Street. It
7728-514: Was connected to the back of Saint John Roman Catholic Church, was housed in several different buildings in the immediate area during the course of its history before the most recent school building was built during 1952–1953 and opened in January 1954. At the end of the 1970–1971 school year, Saint John School in Benwood was consolidated with Saint James School in McMechen, and the school became known as Saint James and Saint John School in 1971. After
7820-568: Was constructed on the same site as the 1891 church. Construction was completed in the summer of 2017. The new church was blessed and dedicated on September 9, 2017. The first regular Sunday Mass was celebrated in the new church on September 17, 2017. The majority of the parish consists of the descendants of immigrants from several different European ethnic groups (Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh, German, Hungarian, Italian, Croatian, Slovak, Czech, Austrian, Serbian, Slovenian, Romanian, Polish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Russian) who settled in Benwood and
7912-411: Was elected by Marshall County Confederate troops as Marshall County's delegate in the Virginia General Assembly. Marshall was one of fifty Virginia counties that were admitted to the Union as the state of West Virginia, at the height of the war on June 20, 1863. Later that year, the counties were divided into civil townships , with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in
8004-457: Was established in 1798 and named for Joseph Tomlinson's wife. In 1831 a second community, Mound City, was established across Grave Creek, which ultimately joined with the first and jointly became known as Moundsville. A road between Wheeling and Elizabethtown was opened through the efforts of Ohio County officials in 1810. The following year, the U.S. Congress began funding construction of the National Road , running from Cumberland, Maryland across
8096-611: Was formed in 1835 from Ohio County by act of the Virginia Assembly. In 1852, on Christmas Eve, workers completed the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 's connection to the Ohio River at Rosby's Rock in Marshall County. It more recently became home to the New Vrindaban community of Hare Krishnas , and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold . Native Americans occupied the area along the narrows of the Ohio River by 250 BCE and
8188-405: Was founded in 1955. Bishop Donahue High School closed in 2017 at the end of the 2016 - 2017 school year. The following individuals have served as the mayor of Benwood: 1924 Wheeling Steel Corporation Benwood Mine Disaster Benwood was the location of the third worst mine disaster to occur in the state of West Virginia. At approximately 7:05 AM EST on Monday, April 28, 1924, the coal mine of
8280-536: Was later replaced with a brick structure on the same site about 1927. The school closed in 1990 at the end of the 1989–1990 school year. The brick school building still stands, and it now houses a Halloween museum. Union High School, located in South Benwood on Marshall Street, was established in 1913 when Benwood High School was consolidated with McMechen High School. Union operated as a high school (grades 9, 10, 11 and 12) for fifty-five years, from 1913 until
8372-533: Was relocated to the present church built on Boggs Run in 1941. Benwood Methodist Episcopal Church A Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) Church was formerly located in Center Benwood. The first structure that housed the church was located on Eighth Street. It was later relocated to a new church built on Main Street in 1900, which was razed in the early 1990s. Benwood was once home to several public schools and two Roman Catholic private schools. Marshall County Schools operates area public schools. Public Schools There
8464-454: Was replaced by a gothic-style stone and brick building ( West Virginia Penitentiary now operated as a tourist attraction), probably modeled upon a facility opened in 1858 in Joliet, Illinois . It remained West Virginia's maximum security penitentiary from 1876 until 1995 (with a section for female inmates until construction of a separate facility in the 1940s). A more modern set of buildings at
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