Brilliant is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in eastern Wells Township

Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio

Wells Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,130 people in the township, 3,128 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. It was named after the glass

Glass

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 factory that once was located in the town. Previous names include Phillipsburg and La Grange. Its zip code

ZIP Code

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 is 43913. It is located along State Route 7.

An Ohio River

Ohio River

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 town, it is located below Mingo Junction

Mingo Junction, Ohio

Mingo Junction is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 3,631 at the 2000 census. In 1900, its only manufacturing plant was a steel mill owned by Carnegie Steel Company...

 and above Rayland

Rayland, Ohio

Rayland is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 434 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

. The community is part of the Weirton

Weirton, West Virginia

Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. Most of the city is in Hancock County, with the remainder in Brooke County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,411...

–Steubenville

Steubenville, Ohio

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, WV

West Virginia

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-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

Weirton-Steubenville metropolitan area

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Brilliant was formerly incorporated as a village, but it disincorporated on November 24, 1993.

Education

Public education in the community of Brilliant is provided by the Buckeye Local School District

Buckeye Local School District (Jefferson County)

The Buckeye Local School District is a public school district based in Dillonvale, Ohio, United States.The school district includes all of Mount Pleasant, Smithfield, Warren, and Wells townships in southern Jefferson County as well as very small portions of Cross Creek, Steubenville, and Wayne...

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