City profile · Small City
Wheeling, West Virginia
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Wheeling, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Denny Magruder
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 31,419
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcewheelingwv.gov/departments/Mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagewheelingwv.gov/departments/Mayor ↗
- City websitewheelingwv.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Denny Magruder CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 31,419
- Median household income
- $46,516
- Median age
- 45
- Land area
- 13.6 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,310.2 per sq mi
- County
- Ohio County
- Metro area
- Wheeling, WV-OH
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