Congo, West Virginia

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Congo
Unincorporated community
Congo Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 40°36′30″N 80°38′9″W / 40.60833°N 80.63583°W / 40.60833; -80.63583Coordinates: 40°36′30″N 80°38′9″W / 40.60833°N 80.63583°W / 40.60833; -80.63583
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Hancock
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1554183^[1]

Congo is an unincorporated community on the Ohio River in Hancock County, West Virginia. It lies off of West Virginia Route 2. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Congo has also been known as Hamilton and Hamilton Town throughout its history.

References

v t e Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: New Cumberland

Cities	Chester New Cumberland Weirton‡

CDP	Newell

Unincorporated communities	Arroyo Blackhorse Braithewaite Chelsea Chestnut Hill Congo Fairhaven Holidays Cove Kings Creek Lawrenceville Lennyville Marland Heights Moscow New Manchester Pleasant Valley Sun Valley Turkeyfoot Vermont Terrace Weircrest Weirton Heights Zalia

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Counties

Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Brooke Butler Fayette Hancock Indiana Jefferson Lawrence Washington Westmoreland

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