Brooke County, West Virginia

Brooke County
County
Old Main, Bethany College
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Location within the U.S. state of West Virginia
West Virginia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 40°16′N 80°35′W / 40.27°N 80.58°W / 40.27; -80.58
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Founded	November 30, 1797
Named for	Robert Brooke
Seat	Wellsburg
Largest city	Follansbee
Area
• Total	92.57 sq mi (239.8 km2)
• Land	89.20 sq mi (231.0 km2)
• Water	3.37 sq mi (8.7 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	22,559
• Estimate  (2021)	22,140
• Density	252.90/sq mi (97.65/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	www.brookecountywv.gov

Brooke County is a county in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,559.^[1] Its county seat is Wellsburg.^[2] The county was created in 1797 from part of Ohio County^[3] and named in honor of Robert Brooke, Governor of Virginia from 1794 to 1796.^[4] Brooke County is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-WV-OH Combined Statistical Area.^[5]