Over the past decade, the Monongalia County Office of Emergency Management has been providing City-Style Addressing to our community.  An example of the address conversion would be ... Route 3, Box 336 to 145 Wilson Ridge Road.  The motivating factor behind this project was the need to provide the timeliest emergency services response possible.  However, with multiple Maple Avenues and First Streets throughout the county, this was not always the case.  Therefore, the Office of Emergency Management and Post Office worked together to establish and implement standards for the assigning of addresses in our county. 

  Monongalia County Addressing Ordinance

    The goal of the addressing project has been:  providing proper, structured naming and numbering of all structures in Monongalia County; to avoid duplicate names; to avoid similar sounding names and to follow the established numbering regulations, leaving allowances for development and re-naming of roads if deemed necessary.  Who does this help?  9-1-1 Telecommunicators, fire departments, law enforcement, medical personnel, postal carriers, deliver personnel, utility workers, school bus drivers ... YOU!  Remember -- we can't dispatch an ambulance to your post office box!

Address Advisory Committee

The Monongalia County Address Advisory Committee was formed by the Monongalia County Commission in 1996 for the purpose of advising and coordinating policies for the naming of new roads and addressing within Monongalia County.   The Committee consists of representatives from the Office of Emergency Management, Postal Service, Department of Highways, Morgantown Utility Board, Monongalia County Clerk's Office and cooperative municipalities.  This Committee is responsible for reviewing road name requests, etc. 

 

Where are we at now with our City-Style Addressing?

Monongalia County Master Street List [Excel file]

What can you do?  ... by posting your new house number on your house itself and also at a conspicuous place along the road [if your structure is more than 50 feet from the road] you can gain a substantial advantage in times of an emergency. 

1. Post your new number on the structure itself.  When a house is some distance from a road, or when view of the house is blocked by trees or shrubs, house numbers should be on a sign attached to a tree, fence, gate or lawn stake.

2. On a corner lot, the house number should face the street named in the address.

3. Your house number should also be on the mailbox as well as the house to help out your mail carrier.

4. Numbers or letters should be of a contrasting color to the background on which they are mounted.  If possible the numbers should be reflective so that they are easily visible at night.

5. Residence numbers should be 4 inches high and should be plain block numerals, not script or written numbers.

    The goal of the Address Advisory Committee with the cooperation of the residents of the County, is to provide for the most efficient and timely emergency response and mail delivery by implementing City-Style Addressing.

Won't you help us serve you better?

Links for more information:

..:: West Virginia Statewide Addressing and Mapping Board ::..

http://www.addressingwv.org/WVSAMB_Presentation.htm

WV Statewide Addressing and Mapping Board

 

Addressing Point's of Contact

Town of Star City 599-3407

City of Westover 296-6860

City of Morgantown 284-7412

For new structure addressing for the Town's of Blacksville, Granville and unincorporated area's of Monongalia County  598-0301