Onie, West Virginia

Onie
Unincorporated community
Onie is located in West Virginia
Onie
Onie
Location within the state of West Virginia
Onie is located in the United States
Onie
Onie
Onie (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°37′11″N 80°37′51″W / 39.61972°N 80.63083°W / 39.61972; -80.63083
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyWetzel
Elevation
902 ft (275 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1717809[1]

Onie was an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was also known as Unie.

Near Wileyville, Onie was located at the mouth of Honey Run which is a tributary of Little Fishing Creek.[2] Although this town appeared on a few maps, Onie disappeared shortly after it first appeared. According to local memories, Onie had a bar, a blacksmith, and a hotel.[2]

Around 1900, Onie was an oil boom town. Oil production peaked in West Virginia by 1900, when the state ranked second in oil production, and Onie declined after that.[2] As of 2008, East Resources still had a field office and wells at this location, but the fields had been used for hay instead of oil for a long time after Onie vanished.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Onie, West Virginia
  2. ^ a b c Dorsey, Brenda. "It's A Gasser: The First Wetzel Oil and Gas Boom", The Wetzel Chronicle (April 2, 2008).