Where is Vienna?

Where is Vienna Virginia

Vienna, WV – West Virginia is located at 39°19′31″N 81°32′34″W / 39.32528, -81.54278 (39.325324, -81.542845).

The history of Vienna WV

Many cities are named after their founder. However, in 1794, Dr. Joseph Spencer gave the city its name after Vienna, New Jersey, where he had participated in a Revolutionary War battle. Vienna began as a 5,000 acre settlement - a grant to Dr. Spencer for his services during the great war.

Vienna remained rich farmland up until the late 19th Century,
when roads were improved and tracks for an electric railway between Parkersburg to the south, and Marietta to the north, were laid.

Charles R. Blair was Vienna's first mayor.
Incorporated in 1935, Vienna steadily grew to the city it is today: An important hub of commerce in the Mid Ohio Valley - home to retail stores, shopping malls, motels,
restaurants, manufacturing facilities and much more.

General information

Vienna, WV is a suburb of Parkersburg that covers an area of 9.7 km² and has a population of 10,613 (2007). In the 1940ies the population almost tripled, in the following decade it grew by another 50%, but since the 1970s it has been somewhat stagnant, around 11.000 inhabitants.

In 2007, the average resident of Vienna, WV was 42.7 years of age, white (less than 4% of Vienna's population consist of non-Whites) and more likely to be female (53.2% compared to 46.8% males). The person had a one-in-three chance of living in a single household and a 50% likelyhood of being part of a married couple living together.

The median per-household income was $39.220 in 2000. In 2007 it was estimated at $47.218 which is approximately 25% higher than the average in West Virginia and shows a rather significant growth. Despite a per-capita income of $24,452, 7.7% of the population were below the poverty line (incl. 10.2% of those under the age of 18).

2008 cost of living index in Vienna: 81.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)


For more information visit:
http://www.vienna-wv.com/viennalife.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna,_West_Virginia
http://www.city-data.com/city/Vienna-West-Virginia.html

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