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History · North Hills

North Hills dates to 1979

Most of North Hills was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1980.

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How North Hills began

When was North Hills founded?

1979

North Hills dates its founding to 1979 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1980.

First census: 940 in 19802020 census: 83447 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.

What stands out about North Hills’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of North Hills are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19045 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1994. Watch North Hills change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Hills’s history is told.

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On the map

North Hills on the map, 1904 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of North Hills. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

North Hills on the 1904 USGS mapNorth Hills on the 1969 USGS mapNorth Hills on the 1975 USGS mapNorth Hills on the 1989 USGS mapNorth Hills on the 1994 USGS map1904Parkersburg sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of North Hills.

The story so far

North Hills, in brief

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

North Hills is a town in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. It is a suburb of Parkersburg. The population was 837 at the 2020 census. North Hills was incorporated on February 15, 1979.

North Hills was established in 1979. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 832 in 2010, 834 in 2020.

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

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

North Hills, census by census

02004006008001,000198020002020Peak: 940

Between 832 and 940 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on North Hills’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to North Hills

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

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Charles G. DawesVice president of the United States from 1925 t… · b. 1865
Deron WilliamsAmerican basketball player · b. 1984
Edwin CatmullAmerican computer scientist and former presiden… · b. 1945
Paul DooleyAmerican actor, writer, and comedian · b. 1928
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Morgan SpurlockAmerican filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer · b. 1970
Don Carlos BuellAmerican Union Army General · b. 1818
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about North Hills’ history

What year was North Hills founded?

In 1979, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1980 counted 940 people here.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.