Hancock County Courthouse
New Cumberland, WV 26047
304 564-3311

OFFICIALS OF
HANCOCK COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
 NOTE: This is NOT the official Hancock County, West Virginia, website,
which is at http://hancockcountywv.org/!
This is an unofficial site from the Reference Department of
the Mary H. Weir Public Library.

For best results, you may want to check both sites.
See further down the page for links to Federal, state and city levels of government.
This site was last updated May 12, 2009

Hancock County Officials



Mike Swartzmiller, President
Jeff Davis
Danny Greathouse

Administrator: Gus Svokas
Sheriff: Mike White
Prosecuting Attorney: James W. Davis, Jr.
Assessor: Joseph Alongi
Surveyor: Ray Tompos
Conservation District Supervisor: Charles L. Pugh
County Clerk (Clerk of the County Commission): Eleanor Straight

For information on voting and elections call the County Clerk's office at (304) 564-3311 ext. 266 (fax 564-5941). Sample ballots, contact information for County Clerks of all West Virginia counties, and more election information are online at the West Virginia Secretary of State's website.

First District Circuit Court

Includes Hancock, Brooke, and Ohio Counties

Circuit Clerk (Clerk of the Circuit Court): Brenda Jackson

Circuit Court Judges:
Ronald Wilson
Martin Gaughan
Jim Mazzone
Arthur M. Recht
 

Family Court Judge: Joyce Chernenko
 

Magistrates:
Betty V. Bauer
Mike Powell
Scott Hicks


Hancock County Schools
P.O. Box 1300
New Cumberland, WV 26047
304-564-3411, fax -3990

Superintendent of Schools: Suzan Smith

School Board:
Board President: Jerry Durante
Laura Greathouse
Patsy Brancazio
Christina Fair
John Manypenny
List of board members is from Weirton Daily Times, May 12, 2008, report of previous night's board meeting.

Secondary Schools in Hancock County

John D. Rockefeller IV Career Center
Oak Glen High School:
Weir High School

Hancock County Economic Development Office

The West Virginia Secretary of State's Office has a page of links to information on county officials of all West Virginia counties.

The Secretary of State's site also has pages listing members of Congress for West Virginia and Federal officials, State offices and officials , State and Federal judicial (court) offices and officials in West Virginia, and addresses of municipal offices of West Virginia cities and towns (note that this does not list actual officials' names).

This page lists major state officials by party affiliation.


West Virginia Officials
 Governor:
Joe Manchin III

West Virginia Legislature

State Senators
First Senatorial District (includes Hancock,Brooke, and Ohio County; see map here)

Edwin J. Bowman (D) (reelected 2006; next up for reelection in 2010)

Jack Yost (D) (elected 2008; next up for reelection in 2012)

House of Delegates  (1st District)
(the First House District includes all of Hancock County plus part of the Brooke County section of Weirton: see map here)

Randy Swartzmiller (D)(reelected 2008; next up for reelection in 2010)

Pat McGeehan (R) (elected 2008; next up for reelection in 2010)

(District 2 includes most of Brooke County and part of Ohio County. Legislators there are Timothy R. Ennis and Roy Givens. Both were elected in 2008 and are next up for reelection in 2010.)

For other West Virginia state officials and information, see     http://www.wv.gov



For President Obama and other Executive Department officials see the White House website,
whitehouse.gov
You can write to the President or find his phone number here.

Our representatives in Congress
United States Senators:
Robert C. Byrd and John D. Rockefeller IV ("Jay")

United States House of Representatives:
First District of West Virginia
Alan B. Mollohan

Public Libraries in Hancock County
Lynn Murray Memorial Public Library
601 Railroad Street
Chester, WV 26034
304-387-1010

Swaney Memorial Library
P.O. Box 608 (Court St.)
New Cumberland, WV 26047
304-564-3471

Mary H. Weir Public Library
3442 Main St.
Weirton, WV 26062
304-797-8510, fax -8526


More Hancock County Links:
Public Defender's Office: http://publicdefender.com/FJCPDCHancockCounty.html
Hancock County Convention and Visitor's Bureau http://www.hancockcvb.com
Hancock County Animal Shelter: http://www.hancockanimalshelter.com/
Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Regional Planning Commission: http://www.bhjmpc.org/

Hancock County Census Data compiled by the BHJ Planning Commissionhttp://www.bhjmpc.org/census/hancockcensus.htm Profile of Hancock County from W.Va. Bureau of Employment Programs: http://www.state.wv.us/bep/lmi/cntyprof/CP99HANC.HTM
Hancock County Economic Development Home Page: http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/wv/hancock/index.html

Hancock County Tour: http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/wv/Hancock/Hanctour.html
Some of the images on this page are from this tour.

 Hancock County, WV, Genealogy Page:     http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/index.htm


 Links to local governments
For election results see   http://www.wvsos.com/

For City of Weirton officials, see http://www.cityofweirton.com
(the next municipal elections for Weirton are scheduled for Spring, 2011)
Weirton's City Charter and Code of Ordinances are online at   http://www.amlegal.com/weirton_wv/


For New Cumberland officials, see  http://129.71.94.5/htdocs/hancock/newc/newcgov.html


The most recent election for Chester city officials was June 13, 2006. Results as listed in the June 14 issue of the Weirton Daily Times are:
Mayor: Kenny Morris (re-elected)
City Clerk: Susan Harless
First Ward: Ed Harless
Second Ward: Greg VanDorn
Third Ward: Joe Geisse IV
Fourth Ward: Brian Handley
Fifth Ward: Steve Shuman (re-elected)
These officials will take office July 1, 2006.

Also: Thanks
to the Hancock County voters
who supported
the Hancock County Library Levy!
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