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Topic: Berkeley County, West Virginia

	Berkeley County Development Authority
		Berkeley County, West Virginia is one of the nation’s fastest growing counties and for a good reason.
		In recent years, Berkeley County and the State of West Virginia set forth an aggressive campaign to attract new business to the area and to support existing firms.
		Berkeley County's strategic location and quick access to a full range of major transportation facilities has resulted in Berkeley County becoming a prime location for industry.
	www.developmentauthority.com (119 words)

	Berkeley County, West Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Berkeley County was created by an act of the House of Burgesses in February 1772 from the northern third of Frederick County (Virginia).
		Berkeley County was of strategic importance to both the North and the South during the American Civil War (1861 to 1865).
		Berkeley County remained in the Confederacy throughout the Civil War, and was not part of the formation of the State of Kanawha, renamed West Virginia, when it was admitted to the Union with 48 former Virginia counties on January 1, 1863.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia (2430 words)

	A Historical Tour Of Berkeley County, West Virginia :: Weekend Adventures Magazine Online :: wamonline.com
		Built in the eighteenth century, the Berkeley County Court House at 100 West King Street was used as a prison during the Civil War for Confederate spy Belle Boyd and still has some of the original pressed tin ceilings, lighting fixtures, iron vaults and hardware.
		Two miles west of Bunker Hill on Route 26 is the Morgan Cabin that was built in 1731-34 and was once the home of Morgan Morgan the first white settler of West Virginia.
		Berkeley County is also part of the George Washington Heritage Trail, the one hundred and twelve driving tour that spirals its way through the Eastern Panhandle and young Washington surveyed many of these areas.
	www.wamonline.com /summer2002/berkeleycounty.htm (1413 words)

	West Virginia
		The West Virginia statehood process can be seen as a contract between the leadership of the Trans-Allegheny Virginia counties and the federal government of Abraham Lincoln.
		The Richmond governments (of Virginia and the Confederate States) held on to the southwestern counties, which gave them a strategic corridor into Tennessee and points south, and heavy fighting in the southwest allowed the South to secure considerable Salt and Lead mines, this area was not lost to West Virginia.
		Virginia was settled from the Chesapeake Bay, of course, and Virginians moved inland along the James River, the York, the Rappahannock and the Potomac.
	scribners.org /index.html (2854 words)

	West Virginia County Histories
		Berkeley County was of strategic importance to both the North and the South during the Civil War (1861-1865).
		Brooke County was named in honor of Robert Brooke (1751-1799), who was educated at the University of Edinburgh, practiced law in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, served in the Virginia General Assembly in 1794 and, later that year, was elected the third Governor of Virginia (1794-1796) by the General Assembly.
		The county's economy become stagnant during the Civil War, and the burning of Guyandotte, one of the county's major population centers, was a major blow to the local economy.
	www.polsci.wvu.edu /wv/history.html (21274 words)

	West Virginia, Berkeley County History - SHG Resources
		The state of West Virginia has erected a monument in Bunker Hill State Park commemorating the event, and has placed a marker at Morgan's grave, which is located in a cemetery near the park.
		Martinsburg, the county seat, was chartered by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in October 1788 on the lands of General Adam Stephen who commanded 500 troops mustered from Berkeley County during Lord Dunmore's War against the Indians in 1774.
		In 1790, Berkeley County had, by far, the largest population of the nine counties in existence within the present boundaries of West Virginia.
	www.shgresources.com /wv/counties/berkeley (927 words)

	Morgan County Government Offices, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, USA
		Morgan County is located in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, less than 100 miles northwest of Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area and 150 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
		It is the westernmost of the three counties in the Panhandle, which includes Berkeley and Jefferson counties and which forms a wedge between Maryland to the north and Virginia to the south.
		Morgan County is conducting a Skills Assessment of its residents in support of the Economic Development Authority's efforts to identify and attract appropriate businesses into the County.
	www.morgancountyeda.com /gov (163 words)

	Tomahawk Cemetery - Berkeley County - West Virginia
		Tomahawk Cemetery - Berkeley County - West Virginia
		I have transcribed this listing after visiting this cemetery, comparing those readings with previous readings and Berkeley County Death Records.
		Row numbers are for the West side of the church, Row 1 is closest to the church
	www.interment.net /data/us/wv/berkeley/tomahawk/index.htm (301 words)

	Berkeley Co. WVGenWeb
		Berkeley County is the second oldest county in West Virginia and was created (while part of the state of Virginia) in 1772 from the northern third of Frederick County, Virginia.
		The county seat was established in the colonial village of Martinsburg and was incorporated in 1778.
		West Virginia Birth and Death Certificates — West Virginia Health Statistics Center — Additional information on who can obtain birth and death certificates from the state.
	www.rootsweb.com /~wvberkel (1409 words)

	West Virginia Bikers - Berkeley County
		Once you get off the big slab there are a lot of great roads to take going west or east that will lead you to a multitude of historical sites or just a stop by for viewing.
		We are approximatly 65 miles northwest of Washington, DC, and just west of Baltimore MD.We are fortunate that in less than 30 minutes from here you can be in 3 different states.
		Now if you want to take most part of the day with a lot of twisties, go through Berkeley Springs at the Second stop light from the center of town, turn left at the light onto Rt.9 W again.
	www.westvirginiabikers.com /berkeley.html (667 words)

	West Virginia University Extension Service - Berkeley County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Master Gardener program and training are conducted by the West Virginia University Extension Service through the county extension offices.
		In order for us to achieve this goal in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture, we are trying to identify all the farms in West Virginia by asking all producers of livestock to fill out a premise/farm identification form.
		Programs and activities offered by the West Virginia University Extension Service are available to all persons without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, political beliefs, sexual orientation, national origin, and marital or family status.
	www.berkeleyextension.com /id3.html (500 words)

	Berkeley County history sources
		Berkeley County, U.S.A.: A Bi-Centennial History of A Virginia and West Virginia County, 1772-1972.
		A Transcript Of the Diary Of Phillip Nadenbousch,1777-1863, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Elizabeth Rogers King, 1981.
		"Berkeley County West Virginia 1728," Citizens National Bank, Martinsburg WV, n.d.
	www.wvculture.org /history/counties/berkeley.html (807 words)

	Berkeley County History
		The County has a wealth of historic, architecturally important buildings dating from the 1740s into the 20th century.
		The County seat was established in the colonial village of Martinsburg, named for Thomas Bryan Martin, Lord Fairfax's nephew, and was incorporated in 1778.
		After November 1863, Berkeley County became a part of the new state of West Virginia that supported the North.
	www.bchs.org /countyhistory.html (380 words)

	Berkeley County, West Virginia WV, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		The county is in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area.
		This was an increase of 17.73% from the 2000 census.
		Berkeley County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23049 (671 words)

	Berkeley County, West Virginia detailed profile - houses, real estate, agriculture, wages, work, ancestries, and more
		County population in 2005: 93,394 (54% urban, 46% rural)
		Berkeley County, West Virginia business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...
		Tornadoes in this county have caused 7 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
	www.city-data.com /county/Berkeley_County-WV.html (1492 words)

	Martinsburg, West Virginia. Northern Gateway to the Shenandoah Valley. Offering valuable information about Martinsburg, ...
		Berkeley County is the second oldest county in West Virginia.
		Martinsburg, the county seat, was founded in 1778, by General Adam Stephen who named it in honor of Colonel Thomas Bryan Martin, a nephew of Lord Fairfax.
		There are many Historical Landmarks within a 30 minute driving distance such as Antietam Battle Field in Sharpsburg, Maryland, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, the testing ground for the steamboat by James Rumsey, and Front Royal, Virginia which is famous for the Blue Ridge Mountains and Skyline Drive.
	www.martinsburg.com (399 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Berkeley County, W.Va.
		Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
		West Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1887;
		U.S. Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1867-69; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1879; state court judge in West Virginia, 1880.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/WV/BE.html (838 words)

	Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > West Virginia > Berkeley County
		Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants A History of Frederick County, Virginia from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908.
		The boundaries of old Frederick County today encompass 12 counties: Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah and Page counties in Virginia; and Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy and Grant counties in West Virginia.
		West Virginia Repositories and Historical Societies Berkeley County
	www.linkpendium.com /genealogy/USA/WV/Berkeley (296 words)

	Berkeley County Courthouse (Built 1855-1856), Martinsburg, West Virginia
		Counties in metro areas of fewer than 250,000.
		Map of the Berkeley County, West Virginia area.
		The pin marks the general location of the county courthouse shown in the above photo.
	www.ers.usda.gov /Briefing/Population/Photos/ShowCH.asp?FIPS=54003 (115 words)

	Welcome to the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Visitors Bureau
		County, West Virginia is about 1 hour from Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD, and it
		Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book lovers, authors, and aspiring writers will not want to miss the WV Book Faire in Martinsburg to be held on Saturday, November 3, 2007.
		The WV Book Faire is sponsored by the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau in partnership with the library, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, and Berkeley County Schools.
	www.travelwv.com (530 words)

	County Clerk's Office
		If they are residents of West Virginia, they have to apply in whatever county one of
		Application is only good for 60 days and is given to the couple at the time they apply.
		They have to be married by a licensed minister (in the state of West Virginia) or a
	www.berkeleycountycomm.org /county_clerk.htm (379 words)

	About Berkeley County West Virginia
		West of Martinsburg, in Morgan County, is Berkeley Springs.
		Known for it’s ‘baths’, Berkeley Springs once drew American Indians from the Carolinas to Canada.
		Berkeley County is also a great place to visit.
	www.wvhomesforyou.com /area2.htm (353 words)

	U.S. Geological Survey, DS 216, Base-Flow Yields of Watersheds in the Berkeley County Area, West Virginia
		Base-flow yields at approximately 50 percent of the annual mean ground-water recharge rate were estimated for watersheds in the Berkeley County area, W.Va. These base-flow yields were determined from two sets of discharge measurements made July 25–28, 2005, and May 4, 2006.
		Two sections of channel along Opequon Creek had net flow losses that are expressed as negative base-flow watershed yields; these and other base-flow watershed yields in the eastern half of the study area ranged from -940 to 2,280 gallons per day per acre ((gal/d)/acre) and averaged 395 (gal/d)/acre.
		Discharge measurements of streams in the Berkeley County area, West Virginia, July 25–28, 2005, and May 4, 2006.
	pubs.usgs.gov /ds/2006/216 (314 words)

	Berkeley County West Virginia WV Directory of Lawyers, Attorneys & Law Firms - OptimusLaw® - The Best Way To Find a ...
		The Berkeley County, WV Member Lawyer Directory divides the practice of law into fourteen general categories or areas of law.
		Berkeley County, WV Family, Divorce and Elder Law Lawyers
		Berkeley County, WV Commercial and Civil Litigation Lawyers
	wv.optimuslaw.com /berkeley.county/index.htm (427 words)

	Realty Direct - Jefferson County Realty and Berkeley County Realty West Virginia
		Serving Jefferson County and Berkeley County, Realty Direct Eastern Panhandle is a full-service discount brokerage with local real estate agents that live in Jefferson and Berkeley County, West Virginia.
		Since our agents are local, they understand your community and your local needs whether you live in Jefferson or Berkeley county.
		Virginia has been the place to build luxury homes since colonial times.
	www.realtydirect.com /West_Virginia/Eastern-Panhandle (1888 words)

	SearchSystems.net - The Largest West Virginia Counties Public Records Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Description: Use this West Virginia Division of Culture and History service to search for death records in Calhoun County for selected years between 1855 and 1969.
		Description: Use this West Virginia Division of Culture and History service to search for death records in Fayette County for selected years between 1906 and 1955.
		Description: Use this West Virginia Division of Culture and History service to search for death records in Gilmer County for selected years between 1853 and 1969.
	www.searchsystems.net /list.php?nid=141 (1329 words)

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