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Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Hancock
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1554183

Congo is an unincorporated community on the Ohio River in Hancock County, West Virginia. It lies off West Virginia Route 2. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Congo has also been known as Hamilton and Hamilton Town throughout its history. The present name is derived from nearby Congo Run creek.

Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: New Cumberland

Cities	Chester New Cumberland Weirton‡

CDP	Newell

Unincorporated communities	Arroyo Blackhorse Braithewaite Chelsea Chestnut Hill Congo Fairhaven Holidays Cove Kings Creek Lawrenceville Lennyville Marland Heights Moscow New Manchester Pleasant Valley Sun Valley Turkeyfoot Vermont Terrace Weircrest Weirton Heights Zalia

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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