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History · Clearview

14% of Clearview’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Clearview’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Clearview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Clearview’s homes were built before 1957.
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The story so far

Clearview, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clearview yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Clearview is a village in Ohio County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. The population was 472 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 565 to 472 (-16%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Clearview, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Clearview

Nobody well known was born in Clearview itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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John HavlicekAmerican basketball player · b. 1940
John CorbettAmerican actor and country music singer · b. 1961
Rob GarrisonAmerican actor · b. 1960
Ted LevineAmerican actor · b. 1957
William Dean HowellsAmerican author, critic, and playwright · b. 1837
Billy CoxAmerican musician · b. 1941
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History across the town line

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.