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Romney is a town in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. [5] The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. [4] It is part of the Winchester, Virginia metropolitan area.
North High Street (WV 28) Romney: Old Hampshire County Sheriff's Residence and Jail‡ c. 1800 and c. 1850 North High Street (WV 28) Romney: Hampshire House 1884: 1884 165 North Grafton Street Romney: Hatch House: c. 1750 Smokey Hollow Road (CR 6) Bloomery: Hebron Church† 1849 WV 259 Intermont: Heffelbower Estate: early 20th century Cacapon ...
The town of Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia), traded hands between the Union Army and Confederate States Army no fewer than 10 times during the American Civil War, assuming the occupying force spent at least one night in the town. (Oral tradition and an erroneous state historical marker claim the town changed hands 56 times.)
Historic Romney 1762–1937. Romney, West Virginia: Federal Writers' Project, The Town Council of Romney, West Virginia. OCLC 2006735. Hampshire County Extension Homemakers (1991). Hampshire County, West Virginia: A Pictorial History. Marceline, Missouri: Hampshire County Extension Homemakers, Walsworth Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-60354-047-6.
The Confederate Memorial (also referred to as the First Confederate Memorial) at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the American Civil War while fighting for the Confederate States of America. It was sponsored by the Confederate Memorial Association, which formally ...
Fort Pearsall was an early frontier fort constructed in 1756 in Romney, West Virginia (then known as Pearsall's Flats, Virginia) to protect local settlers in the South Branch Potomac River valley against Native American raids. The area around present-day Romney had been settled as early as 1725 by hunters and traders in the valley.
The Romney Expedition was a military expedition of the Confederate States Army during the early part of the American Civil War. It is named for Romney, West Virginia , which at the time was still in the state of Virginia .
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hampshire 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.