Wintersville

Wintersville is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,924 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is residential/suburban in nature and is governed by a Mayor and Village Council elected by non-partisan ballot.HistoryThe first settlement at Wintersville was made in 1831. The village was named for its founder, John Winters. A post office was established at Wintersville in 1831, and remained in operation until 1901.During Morgan's Raid, a Union victory in the Civil War in 1863, Confederate Brid. Gen. John Hunt Morgan traveled through the Moorefield, Harrisville, New Athens, Smithfield, New Alexandria, Wintersville, Two Ridge, Richmond, East Springfield, Bergholz, and Monroeville on his way to defeat at the Battle of Salineville.