About the town » Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, United States

City of Parkersburg —  City  — Downtown Parkersburg as viewed from Fort Boreman Historical Park in 2006 Official seal of City of Parkersburg Nickname(s): Parkerstucky,The Burg, P-Burg, The Savings Bond Capital of America, The World of the Burg, Burgland, Parkinglotsburg Motto: Where West Virginia Began Location in Wood County in the State of West Virginia Coordinates: {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:39|15|58|N|81|32|32|W|type:city(31492)_region:US-WV |primary |name= }} Country United States State West Virginia County Wood Incorporated 1810 Government  • Mayor Robert Newell Area  • City 12.35 sq mi (31.99 km)  • Land 11.82 sq mi (30.61 km)  • Water 0.53 sq mi (1.37 km)  4.29% Elevation 614 ft (187 m) Population  • City 31,492  • Estimate (2011) 31,557  • Density 2,664.3/sq mi (1,028.7/km)  • Metro 164,264 Time zone EST  • Summer  EDT ZIP codes 26101, 26102, 26103, 26104, 26105, 26106 Area code(s) 304, 681 FIPS code 54-62140 GNIS feature ID 1544587 Website http://www. parkersburg-wv. com/ Parkersburg, located at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha Rivers, is the third largest city in the State of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Wood County and the largest city in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 31,492 at the 2010 census. It is about 14 miles south of Marietta, Ohio. Parkersburg was connected to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1857, but lacked a crossing over the Ohio River until after the American Civil War. When constructed 1868-1870, the Parkersburg Bridge (CSX) by the B&O to Belpre was the longest railroad bridge in the world. The Bureau of the Public Debt, an agency of the U.S. Treasury Department, was relocated from the Washington, DC metropolitan area and is headquartered in Parkersburg.