Editing Weirton, West Virginia (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Weirton Marland Heights.jpg|thumb|Weirton's Marland Heights neighborhood]]
Weirton was the subject of a photo essay, "Weir's Weirton," in the [[Life Magazine|''Life'']] issue of September 13, 1937. The issue's front cover featured a portrait of Ernest Tener Weir.

Weirton has attracted the attention of Hollywood filmmakers and writers on several occasions:
* Weirton was one of several Ohio Valley towns that served as film locations for the acclaimed 1978 film, ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'', starring [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Meryl Streep]].
* Six years later it served as the primary location for filming of ''[[Reckless (1984 film)|Reckless]]'' starring [[Aidan Quinn]] and [[Daryl Hannah]].
* The movie ''[[Super 8 (2011 film)|Super 8]]'' was filmed in downtown Weirton, as well as many other places throughout the town, in late September to mid October 2010. The town stood in for the fictional town of Lillian, [[Ohio]].
* [[Disney]] featured Weirton briefly in its documentary, ''[[America's Heart and Soul]]''. During the excerpt, employees of [[Weirton Steel]] discuss their concerns with foreign imports and what it is doing to the size of their mill.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}
* Weirton was also the inspiration and guidance in the 1989 book ''No Star Nights''. According to the author biography included in the book, author Anna Smucker drew upon her memories growing up in Weirton for a tale about childhood spent in an industrial town.<ref>{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Anna Egan Smucker ; paintings by Steve |title=No star Nights |year=1994 |publisher=Knopf |location=New York |isbn=0-679-86724-4 |edition=1st Dragonfly Books |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/nostarnights0000smuc}}</ref>
* In the novel ''[[The Egyptian Cross Mystery]]'', [[Ellery Queen]] spent some time in Weirton while investigating a murder in the small village of Arroyo, West Virginia.
* Weirton is mentioned in the song by [[Daniel Johnston]], ''Natalie, Queen of Weirton''