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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.
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 districts as they now exist shall remain until changed by the county court. The county court may, from time to time, increase or diminish the number of such districts, and change the boundary lines thereof as necessity may require, in order to conform the same to the provisions of the Constitution of the State. [3]
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.
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.
Gilmer County. none; Grant County. Allen Evans (R-48th District) Greenbrier County. Thomas W. Campbell (D-28th District) Ray Canterbury (R-28th District) Hampshire County. Ruth Rowan (R-50th District) Hancock County. Joe DeLong (D-1st District) Randy Swartzmiller (D-1st District) Hardy County. Harold Michael (D-47th District) Harrison County
Resigned when appointed as a judge of US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia: Vacant: March 16, 1905 – June 6, 1905 59th: Thomas Beall Davis : Democratic: June 6, 1905 – March 3, 1907 Elected to finish Dayton's term. Retired. George Cookman Sturgiss : Republican: March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 60th 61st: Elected in 1906.
Transportation in Berkeley County, West Virginia (10 P) Pages in category "Berkeley County, West Virginia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.