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  2. List of counties in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of magisterial districts in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The only state other than West Virginia to use magisterial districts as a minor civil division of its counties is Virginia, [1] which like West Virginia initially established a system of civil townships, in its Constitution of 1870. These were replaced by magisterial districts in 1874.

  4. Martinsburg, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Martinsburg was established by an act [7] of the Virginia General Assembly that was adopted in December 1778 [8] during the American Revolutionary War. Founder Major General Adam Stephen named the gateway town to the Shenandoah Valley along Tuscarora Creek in honor of Colonel Thomas Bryan Martin, a nephew of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.

  5. Westover sewer rates to jump 33% as Holland Avenue work ...

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    Stranko said the West Virginia Public Service Commission uses 3, 400 gallons as the default usage level when calculating rate increases. At 3, 400 gallons, a customer bill will climb from $28.98 ...

  6. South Water Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    South Water Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It encompasses 30 contributing buildings and one contributing site, related to residential, commercial, and economic development along the Tuscarora Creek. Notable buildings include: the Edison Electric Illumination ...

  7. Spring Mills Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Spring Mills Historic District is a national historic district located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It encompasses five contributing buildings, constructed between about 1790 and 1922, and two contributing sites.

  8. Tuscarora Creek Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Tuscarora Creek Historic District is a national historic district located near Martinsburg and Nollville, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It encompasses 31 contributing buildings and three contributing sites, related to the early settlement and economic development along the Tuscarora Creek. Notable buildings in the district include: Patterson ...

  9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkeley ...

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    October 11, 1979 (128 E. Martin St: Martinsburg: 3: Ar-Qua Springs: Ar-Qua Springs: December 12, 1976 (County Route 37: Arden: 4: Aspen Hall: Aspen Hall: December 10 ...