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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.
Martinsburg is a city in and the county seat of Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. [6] The population was 18,773 at the 2020 census, making Martinsburg the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and the sixth-most populous city in the state.
Location of Berkeley County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkeley 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 ...
Tourist attractions in Berkeley County, West Virginia (5 C, 4 P) Transportation in Berkeley County, West Virginia (10 P) Pages in category "Berkeley County, West Virginia"
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]
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. 11, Winchester Avenue, in Berkeley County, W.Va. will be closed from Wilson Street to Sheridan Avenue, from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. on Monday ...
Berkeley Springs is located in the Appalachian Mountains. The town lies in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Martinsburg, West Virginia and 36 miles (58 km) west of Hagerstown, Maryland. Berkeley Springs is the county seat of Morgan County. Morgan County makes up one of the central counties in the eastern ...
Darkesville is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. Established in 1791, [2] Darkesville has been nationally recognized as a historic district. [3]: 7 A post office and school (now closed) once operated in Darkesville. [4] [5]