North Hills West Virginia Map

About North Hills, West Virginia

North Hills is a locality in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 834. The population density is 568.9 people per km². North Hills is located at 39.3151°N, 81.5088°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. North Hills is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 26505, 26104.

North Hills emerges from the dense, verdant folds of the landscape where the water of Pond Run carves a quiet, persistent path through the earth. It lies 2.0 miles east-southeast of Vienna, WV (from Vienna, WV: bearing 111°T), and is situated 4.3 miles northeast of Parkersburg. The terrain here is defined by the steady rise and fall of the ground, a series of slopes that catch the amber light of late afternoon, casting long, lean shadows across the residential streets. While the distant Appalachian Mountains remain a hazy suggestion on the horizon, the immediate environment is defined by the McDonough Wildlife Refuge, which provides a sprawling, uncultivated buffer of silence and thicket. The air carries the distinct, sharp scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, a reminder that the land remains largely governed by the slow, seasonal shifts of the hardwood canopy.

North Hills maintains a character shaped by the industrial legacy of the region, where the echoes of past extraction and manufacturing still influence the local rhythm. Economic life here is tethered to the broader flow of commerce in the valley, though the proximity of Campbell Hollow and the nearby Union Carbide Waste Retention Pond serves as a stark, industrial contrast to the quietude of the surrounding woods. Residents move with a deliberate pace, respecting the boundaries between the encroaching forest and the man-made infrastructure that defines their daily labor. Life in North Hills is marked by a certain stoic independence, a recognition of the weight of history that persists in the quiet corners of the neighborhood and the persistent, flowing presence of the local creek.

About This North Hills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of North Hills, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.315121, -81.508831. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for North Hills includes the ZIP code (26505, 26104), telephone area code (304), county seat of Wood County (Parkersburg), and school district assignment (Wood County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.