Wolfhurst is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in

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, United States. It is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,119 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Wolfhurst is located in eastern Belmont County in the valley of Wheeling Creek. It is bordered to the northwest by

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, and the village of

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is to the east.

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, the

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, passes through the center of Wolfhurst, leading east to downtown

. According to the

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, the Wolfhurst CDP has a total area of , of which , or 3.38%, is water.

Demographics

References

{{Authority control Census-designated places in Belmont County, Ohio