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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.
In these counties, the new magisterial districts are used only for the allocation of county officials, and the collection of census data; the former magisterial districts continue to exist in the form of tax districts. [6] A List of the current and former magisterial districts of West Virginia, sorted by county: [1] [7]
The Fayette County Public Library houses microfilm records of census records from 1840 to 1930, newspapers from 1906-present, WV county death, marriage, and birth records, Fayette County yearbooks, local magazines, family collections, the West Virginia Collection, and other miscellaneous collections about West Virginia. [11]
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.
Myers House is a historic home located at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1817 and is a two-story, Federal-style, brick dwelling. It is five bays wide with a gable roof. The entrance features a Chippendale style transom. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
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The house is the oldest known dwelling in Berkeley County. Brown had assembled 1,200 acres (490 ha) in the area of Mill Creek, and left the log house and 60 acres (24 ha) to his wife Ruth on his death in 1750. A later resident on the property [2] was Ellis Rees, who lived there from 1790 to 1820. The log house became a tenant house for 100 ...
Marlowe is an unincorporated community on U.S. Route 11 in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. [1] Sites on the National Register of Historic Places located near Marlowe are: the Charles Downs II House, Harmony Cemetery, Marlowe Consolidated School, and Power Plant and Dam No. 5. [2]