Onie was an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was also known as Unie.
Onie | |
|---|---|
  Onie Location within the state of West Virginia  Onie Onie (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°37′11″N 80°37′51″W / 39.61972°N 80.63083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Wetzel |
| Elevation | 902 ft (275 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS ID | 1717809[1] |
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
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Onie, West Virginia
- ^ a b c Dorsey, Brenda. "It's A Gasser: The First Wetzel Oil and Gas Boom", The Wetzel Chronicle (April 2, 2008).