# Land split by highway in Wetzel Co, WV
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457
**Category:** Ownership and Title
**Created:** [July 18, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457 "2025-07-18T13:01:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@DBDG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DBDG)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457/1 "2025-07-18T13:01:38Z")
Good morning…. As many others, I am new leasing mineral rights. The property in question was split by Veteran’s Hwy, leaving a 1/4 acre on the other side. Should this be treated as two separate parcels?
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### Author:  [@DBDG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DBDG)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457/2 "2025-07-18T13:51:52Z")
What does “block quote” mean…did I ask a prohibited question?
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457/3 "2025-07-18T15:46:04Z")
Don’t worry about it. I have seen “block quote” before. Might be a keystroke identifier.
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### Author:  [@DBDG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DBDG)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457/4 "2025-07-18T16:01:09Z")
Thank you, so nice of you to address my concern. Do you have an opinion about a highway that divides the land but isn’t listed on the lease as a separate parcel?
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### Author:  [@DBDG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DBDG)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457/5 "2025-07-18T16:32:14Z")
I called the Wetzel County Clerk, she said the 0.25 acre probably refers to the sale of land to put the highway through. Would the mineral rights include beneath the highway?
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457/6 "2025-07-18T17:22:48Z")
It depends… Sometimes the minerals are kept in one piece and sometimes, the road gets the ROW.
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### Author:  [@tim\_dowd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/tim_dowd)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457/7 "2025-07-18T21:26:22Z")
Depends on whether the highway/state/county got a deed including mineral rights or only an easement. If it’s an easement, in all likelihood, it is one tract and you own the minerals on both sides of the highway and those under the highway. If it is a deed, it depends on whether you reserved the minerals.
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### Author:  [@DBDG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DBDG)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457/8 "2025-07-18T22:52:45Z")
Thank you, Tim. Since Antero listed it with the parcel they want a lease on, it might be noted on the title.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-split-by-highway-in-wetzel-co-wv/82457/9 "2025-10-16T13:02:17Z")
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