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Glen Dale, West Virginia

Glen Dale 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 1,514 at the 2020 census.[2] Glen Dale was incorporated in 1924. It is in the northwest part of the county, which is above the Mason–Dixon line and forms the base of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.

For Glenn Dale in Maryland, see Glenn Dale, Maryland.

Glen Dale, West Virginia

 United States

 West Virginia

Marshall

1.20 sq mi (3.11 km2)

0.85 sq mi (2.20 km2)

0.35 sq mi (0.91 km2)

692 ft (211 m)

1,514

1,486

1,612.94/sq mi (622.89/km2)

UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))

UTC-4 (EDT)

26038

304/681

54-31492[3]

1560592[4]

www.glendalewv.gov

Geography[edit]

Glen Dale is located at 39°56′55″N 80°45′18″W / 39.94861°N 80.75500°W / 39.94861; -80.75500 (39.948594, -80.754922).[5]


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.20 square miles (3.11 km2), of which 0.85 square miles (2.20 km2) is land and 0.35 square miles (0.91 km2) is water.[6]

History[edit]

The community was named after Glendale, the farm of a local family.[9]

country music singer[10]

Brad Paisley

country music singer

Lionel Cartwright

United States Senator

Shelley Moore Capito

former Governor of West Virginia[11]

Arch A. Moore, Jr

former First Lady of West Virginia[11]

Shelley Riley Moore

member of Baseball Hall of Fame, born in Glen Dale, primarily raised in Southern California

George Brett

West Virginia State Senator (November 1997 – 2017); West Virginia Senate President (January 2011 – 2015)

Jeffrey V. Kessler

virologist and epidemiologist

Bernice E. Eddy

college basketball coach at Georgia Tech

Josh Pastner

racing driver

Larry Frank

Glen Dale is the home town of:

Cockayne Farm Preservation Project

Archived 2017-05-12 at the Wayback Machine

Official website