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English: This is a locator map showing Berkeley County in West Virginia. For more information, ... The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz.
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
The following 61 pages use this file: Barbour County, West Virginia; Berkeley County, West Virginia; Boone County, West Virginia; Braxton County, West Virginia
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
The U.S. state of West Virginia is divided into fifty-five counties, each of which is further subdivided into magisterial districts. The U.S. Census Bureau defines these districts as non-functioning subdivisions used for various purposes, such as conducting elections, apportioning county officials from different areas, recording land ownership ...
Only Frederick County in District 11 did not end up joining the state. [3] 1872 District boundaries as they were defined during the second West Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1872. District 12 was added. [4] 1891 District 13 was added. When Mingo County split off from Logan County in 1895, it remained in District 7. [5] [6] 1901
At the time of the county's formation, Berkeley County comprised areas that now are part of present-day Jefferson and Morgan counties in West Virginia. Most historians believe the county was named for Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt (1718–1770), Colonial Governor of Virginia from 1768 to 1770.
Unincorporated communities in Berkeley County, West Virginia (42 P) Pages in category "Populated places in Berkeley County, West Virginia" This category contains only the following page.