Cameron Police Department

Cameron is located in the Northern Panhandle of scenic West Virginia, Cameron is a growing family-based community rich in religious values, heritage and history. At this time the honor of naming the town was given to an Irishman named David McConaughey who christened it Cameron in honor of his friend Samuel Cameron, a railroad official of prominence, who in 1853 took cholera at Moundsville, died, and was taken to Charles Town, Jefferson County, Virginia, for burial. Cameron is not only a community of unique architecture and scenic beauty but a safe place to raise a family. Located in the tri state area of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia Cameron is seventeen miles east of Moundsville , the county seat of Marshall County , twenty-seven miles east of Wheeling and three hundred fifty miles west of Baltimore, Maryland Cameron is located in Marshall County which is a county located in the U.S. Non-emergency: (304) 686-2213. Dial 911 for emergencies.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Cameron city, WV has an estimated population of 572.