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North Central West Virginia (sometimes known as "Mountaineer Country") is a region of the
U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sov ...
of West Virginia. The region's largest city is Morgantown.


Counties

* Monongalia County * Marion County * Harrison County * Taylor County *
Doddridge County Doddridge County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,808. Its county seat is West Union. Doddridge County is part of the Clarksburg, West Virginia, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...
These counties are sometimes also included into the region depending on who is asked. * Barbour County * Lewis County * Upshur County * Preston County * Randolph County Wetzel County would not be part of the region because not only does the county border Ohio, but also many West Virginians largely consider Wetzel County to be a part of the Northern Panhandle region, even though it does not lie within the actual "Panhandle.


Cities & Towns

* Morgantown * Fairmont, West Virginia, Fairmont * Mannington * Clarksburg * Bridgeport * Grafton * West Union ''Note: These cities are sometimes included within the region.'' *'' Kingwood'' *'' Philippi'' *''
New Martinsville New Martinsville is a city in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 5,186 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Wetzel County. Geography New Martinsville is located at (39.657465, -80.8 ...
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Weston Weston may refer to: Places Australia * Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Weston, New South Wales * Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra * Weston Park, Canberra, a park Canada * Weston, Nova Scotia ...
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Buckhannon Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,299 at the 2020 census. The city is located 60 miles southwest ...
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Media


TV

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WBOY-TV WBOY-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States, serving North Central West Virginia as an affiliate of NBC and ABC. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on West Pike Stree ...
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NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are ...
-12 * EBOY-TV-
ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...
-11 * WDTV-TV-
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...
-5 * WNPB-TV-
PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educati ...
-24 * WVFX-TV- Fox-46


Radio

* WAJR - News/ Talk/ Sports-1440 AM *
WVAQ WVAQ is a Contemporary Hit Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Morgantown, West Virginia, serving North Central West Virginia. WVAQ is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation WVRC Media is a media corporation ...
- Top 40-101.9 FM * WKKW - Country-97.9 FM *
WWLW WWLW is a classic hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Clarksburg, West Virginia, serving North Central West Virginia. WWLW is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation. References External linksSky 106.5 Online* { ...
- Adult Contemporary-106.5 FM * WCLG -
Active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge ...
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WGYE WGYE is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Mannington, West Virginia, serving North-Central West Virginia. WGYE is owned and operated by Burbach Broadcasting Company. History This radio station first began as WTUS, and wa ...
- Country-102.7 FM * WRLF - Mainstream rock-94.3 FM * WPDX -
Classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on inno ...
-104.9 FM *
WFGM-FM WFGM-FM (93.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Barrackville, West Virginia, serving North Central West Virginia. WFGM-FM is owned by West Virginia Radio Corporation and operated under their AJG Corporation licensee. On December 5, 2019, WFGM- ...
- Classic Top 40-93.1 FM * WVIW - Christian-104.1 FM *
WKTZ-FM WKTZ-FM is a Classic Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Loch Lynn Heights, Maryland, serving Oakland and Westernport in Maryland and Terra Alta and Keyser in West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, ...
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Christian contemporary Contemporary Christian music, also known as CCM, Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and s ...
-95.9 FM * WZST - Country-100.9 FM * WOTR - Religious - 96.3 FM * WHTI -
CHR/Top 40 Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...
-105.7 FM * WVUS -
Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
-1190 AM * WXJ85 -
NOAA Weather Radio NOAA Weather Radio NWR; also known as NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards is an automated 24-hour network of VHF FM weather radio stations in the United States (U.S.) that broadcast weather information directly from a nearby National Weather Serv ...
-162.550 MHz


Print

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Times West Virginian The ''Times West Virginian'' is a four-day morning daily newspaper based in Fairmont, West Virginia, which also covers the city of Bridgeport, West Virginia, and surrounding communities in Marion, Monongalia, Taylor and Harrison counties, West ...
'' (Fairmont) *'' The Dominion Post'' (Morgantown) *'' Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram'' (Clarksburg)


Transportation


Public Transit

A network of intracity and intercity buses is provided in the area by three private services: CENTRA, the Fairmont Marion County Transit Authority, and the
Mountain Line Transit Authority Mountain Line Transit Authority is the main provider of public transportation located in Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. It is also the provider of bus service on the campus of West Virginia University. Inter-city bus service ...
. The Fairmont Marion County Transit Authority provides bus routes focusing within Marion County, but trips to the nearby cities of Clarksburg and Morgantown are also provided for a charge of $2.00, one way. Free transfers are provided at the Marion County courthouse. All routes within the county have a flat rate of $0.75, but for all routes, children under the age of 6 ride free. CENTRA is a service based at the southern end of the region, serving the areas around Clarksburg and Harrison County. Travel is facilitated by 16 individual lines that run weekdays from 6 AM to 6 PM, and Saturdays from 8 AM to 4 PM. The Mountain Line Transit Authority provides bus routes in and around Monongalia County and WVU campuses. When WVU is in session, 18 routes around Morgantown provide service from as early as 6 AM to as late as 2:30 AM. During summer these hours are slightly reduced, and some routes are eliminated altogether. The Grey Line is a special intercity service connecting the area to Pittsburgh for a flate rate of $25.00 per ride. For regular routes, standard individual fare is $0.75, with special packages such as monthly passes or individual deviations. Transfers are $0.75, and children 5 and under ride free.


Highways


Interstates

* Interstate 79 *
Interstate 68 Interstate 68 (I-68) is a Interstate Highway in the US states of West Virginia and Maryland, connecting I-79 in Morgantown, West Virginia, to I-70 in Hancock, Maryland. I-68 is also Corridor E of the Appalachian Development Highway Syst ...


U.S.

* U.S. Route 50 * U.S. Route 19 *
U.S. Route 119 U.S. Route 119 (US 119) is a spur of US 19. It is a north–south route (on a northeast-southwest alignment) that was an original United States highway of 1926. It is Corridor G of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) east of US ...
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U.S. Route 250 U.S. Route 250 (US 250) is a route of the United States Numbered Highway System, and is a spur of U.S. Route 50. It currently runs for from Richmond, Virginia to Sandusky, Ohio. It passes through the states of Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. ...


Appalachian Corridors

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Corridor D In the United States, Corridor D is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System. In Ohio, it follows State Route 32 from the eastern Cincinnati suburbs until a point west of Albany, where it becomes concurrent with U.S. Route 50. After ...
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Corridor H U.S. Route 48 (US 48), also known as the incomplete Corridor H of the Appalachian Development Highway System, extends from Interstate 79 (I-79) in Weston, West Virginia, eastward across the crest of the Allegheny Mountains to I-81 in Stras ...


WV

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West Virginia Route 20 West Virginia Route 20 is a major north–south state highway in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 52 in Bluewell, a small unincorporated suburb of Bluefield. The northern terminus is at ...
* West Virginia Route 310 *
West Virginia Route 7 West Virginia Route 7 is an east–west state highway located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at the Ohio state line in New Martinsville, West Virginia, New Martinsville, where WV 7 becomes Ohio State R ...
* West Virginia Route 58 * West Virginia Route 57


Airports

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Morgantown Municipal Airport Morgantown Municipal Airport is three miles east of Morgantown, in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is also known as Walter L. Bill Hart Field. It sees one passenger airline, Southern Airways Express, subsidized by the Essential Air Service ...
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North Central West Virginia Airport North Central West Virginia Airport is a public/military airport a mile northeast of Bridgeport and six miles east of Clarksburg, in Harrison County, West Virginia. It is owned and operated by the Benedum Airport Authority, serving Harrison an ...


Population


External links


Monongalia CountyMarion CountyHarrison CountyNorth Central West Virginia Community Action AssociationAnimal Friends of North Central West VaCommunity Foundation of North Central WVNorth Central West Virginia American Red CrossScottish Heritage Society of North Central WVVisit Mountaineer Country CVB
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