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Line 88: \| footnotes = }} '''Wheeling Island''' is the most populated [[island]] in the [[Ohio River]].<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CWFN4uL8L8C&q=wheeling+island&pg=PA22 \| title=Ohio River Guidebook \| publisher=Inland Waterways Books \| year=2008 \| access-date=22 November 2013 \| author=Hay, Jerry M. \| pages=22}}</ref> It lies within the city of [[Wheeling, West Virginia\|Wheeling]] in [[Ohio County, West Virginia~~\|Ohio County~~]], ~~[[West Virginia]], in the [[~~United States]]. The 2000 census showed a resident population of 3,142 people on the island, which has a land area of {{convert\|1.514\|km2\|acre}}.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.census.gov \|title=U.S. Census Bureau: Census Tracts 5 and 6, Ohio County, West Virginia \|access-date=2020-03-29 }}</ref> [[Neville Island]], Pennsylvania, is larger ({{convert\|3.4\|km2\|acre}}) but has fewer people (1,232). Wheeling Island lies at the mouths of [[Wheeling Creek (Ohio)\|Wheeling Creek of Ohio]] and [[Wheeling Creek (West Virginia)\|Wheeling Creek of West Virginia]]. The island is home to the [[Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack]] at Wheeling Downs and [[Wheeling Island Stadium]], home of the West Virginia State Football Championships.

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