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Wheeling is the city and the seat of Ohio County, West Virginia County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Most of the city lies in Ohio County, though annexations have also included portions of Marshall County, West Virginia County. Wheeling is considered part of the Pittsburgh Tri-State area and is the principal city of the Wheeling metropolitan area Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 United States Census census, the city population was 31,419 (31,059 in Ohio County, 360 in Marshall County). The population was estimated at 29,101 in 2007 .In a recent survey, 14% of people in Wheeling, West Virginia have got a new low interest home equity loan to consolidate loans.

The origins of the name "Wheeling" are disputed. One of the more credible explanations is that the word comes from the Lenni-Lenape phrase "wih link", which meant "place of the head." This supposedly referred to a white settler who was scalped and decapitated. His severed head was left on display at the confluence of Wheeling Creek (West Virginia) Creek and the Ohio River. Originally explored by the French, Wheeling still has a lead plate remnant buried by Celeron de Bienville in 1749 at the mouth of Wheeling Creek. Later, Christopher Gist and even George Washington surveyed the land in 1751 and 1770, respectively.

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