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Berkeley County, West Virginia

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122historic places
—earliest paper
1772formed
122,076pop. 2020
54cemeteries
11CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 122 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Martinsburg, Hedgesville, Gerrardstown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for West Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Berkeley titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

68 of 122 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

122 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abell-Kilbourn HouseMartinsburgBuilding1994
Apollo TheatreMartinsburgBuilding1979
Ar-Qua SpringsArdenBuilding1976
Aspen HallMartinsburgBuilding1980
Baldwin-Grantham HouseShanghaiBuilding1994
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops NHLMartinsburgBuilding2003
Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict1980
Boggs, William, FarmHedgesvilleBuilding2001
Boomtown Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict1980
Boyd Avenue Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict2007
BoydvilleMartinsburgDistrict1970
Boydville Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict1980
Brown, Thomas, House,InwoodBuilding1986
Bunker Hill Historic DistrictBunker HillDistrict1980
Burwell, James Nathanial, HouseRidgewayBuilding1991
CampbelltonGerrardstownBuilding1980
Citizens National BankMartinsburgBuilding2023
Clary's Mountain Historic DistrictHedgesvilleDistrict2004
Colston, Edward, HouseFalling WatersBuilding2003
Continental Clay Brick PlantMartinsburgStructure1980
Cool Spring FarmGerrardstownBuilding1994
Cunningham, Samuel, HouseHedgesvilleBuilding1976
Darkesville Historic DistrictDarkesvilleDistrict1980
Downs, Charles, II, HouseMarloweBuilding1991
Downtown Martinsburg Historic District (Additional Documentation)MartinsburgDistrict1980
Drinker, John, HouseBunker HillSite1980
East Martinsburg Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict1980
EdgewoodBunker HillBuilding1980
Evans, John, HouseMartinsburgBuilding2006
Faraway FarmMartinsburgBuilding1980
Federal Aviation Administration Records CenterMartinsburgBuilding1974
Forest Hill SchoolMartinsburgBuilding2025
French, Teter Myers, HouseHedgesvilleBuilding1980
Gerrardstown Historic DistrictGerrardstownDistrict1991
Gold, Washington, HouseGerrardstownBuilding1984
Green Hill Cemetery Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict1980
Harlan Spring Historic DistrictHedgesvilleDistrict1980
Harmony CemeteryMarlowSite1980
Hays-Gerrard HouseGerrardstownBuilding1985
Hays-Pitzer HouseMartinsburgBuilding1994
Hedges ChapelHedgesvilleBuilding2002
Hedges, Decatur, HouseHedgesvilleBuilding1984
Hedges, Owen Tudor, HouseHedgesvilleBuilding1994
Hedges, Samuel, HouseHedgesvilleBuilding1976
Hedges-Lemen HouseHedgesvilleBuilding1991
Hedges-Robinson-Myers HouseHedgesvilleBuilding1980
Hedgesville Historic DistrictHedgesvilleDistrict1980
Hollida, George Washington, HouseShepherdstownBuilding2004
Hughes-Cunningham HouseHedgesvilleBuilding1985
Jones Mill Run Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict1980
Kearfott-Bane HouseBaker HeightsBuilding1985
Kunkel, Elizabeth, HouseMartinsburgBuilding1991
Lee-Throckmorton-McDonald HouseInwoodBuilding2004
Lick Run PlantationBedingtonBuilding1984
Maidstone Manor FarmHedgesvilleDistrict1980
Maidstone-on-the-PotomacFalling WatersBuilding2004
Marlowe Consolidated SchoolMarloweBuilding2006
Martinsburg, Mining, Manufacturing & Improvement Co. Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict2002
Mason, James, House and FarmHedgesvilleBuilding2006
McKown, Gilbert and Samuel, HouseGerrardstownBuilding1984
Mill Creek Historic DistrictBunker HillDistrict1980
Miller Tavern and FarmMartinsburgBuilding2006
Morgan Chapel and GraveyardBunker HillBuilding1984
Morgan, William G., HouseBunker HillBuilding1984
Morgan-Gold HouseBunker HillBuilding1985
Mount Zion Baptist ChurchMartinsburgBuilding1980
Mt. Pleasant SchoolGerrardstownBuilding2008
Mulliss, George W. F., HouseMartinsburgBuilding1991
Myers HouseMartinsburgBuilding1980
Nadenbousch, Moses, HouseMartinsburgBuilding2004
Newcomer MansionMartinsburgBuilding2006
Opequon Golf ClubMartinsburgBuilding1995
Orndoff-Cross HouseMartinsburgBuilding2010
OverlookMartinsburgBuilding2004
Parks's Gap BridgeMartinsburgStructure1994
Pitzer, Elias, HouseMartinsburgBuilding2003
Power Plant and Dam No. 4SheperdstownBuilding1980
Power Plant and Dam No. 5MarlowBuilding1980
Rauch HouseMartinsburgBuilding1994
Redbud HollowMartinsburgBuilding1980
Rees, John, David, and Jacob, HouseBunker HillBuilding1984
Rees, Morris, III HouseGarrardstownBuilding2003
Ridge Road Historic DistrictNollvilleDistrict1980
Robinson-Tabb HouseMartinsburgBuilding2004
Ropp, Baker, HouseMartinsburgBuilding2002
Ropp, R.C., HouseMartinsburgBuilding2002
Rosemont Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict2002
Rush-Miller HouseSmoketownBuilding1985
Schlack, George, HouseRidgewayBuilding2008
Scrabble Historic DistrictScrabbleDistrict2006
Seibert, Henry J., II, HouseMartinsburgBuilding1985
Smoketown SchoolMartinsburgBuilding1994
Snodgrass TavernHedgesvilleBuilding1973
Snodgrass Tavern (Boundary Increase)HedgesvilleBuilding2006
Snyder, Benjamin H., HouseMartinsburgBuilding2004
South Water Street Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict1980
Speck, Peter, HouseMartinsburgBuilding2002
Spring Mills Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict2004
Stephen, Adam, HouseMartinsburgBuilding1970
Stone House MansionMartinsburgBuilding1994
Strayer-Couchman HouseMartinsburgBuilding1994
Strode-Morrison-Tabler House and FarmHedgesvilleBuilding2006
Stuckey HouseJones SpringBuilding1991
Swan PondMartinsburgBuilding1977
Swan Pond Manor Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict1980
Tabb, Edward, HouseHedgesvilleBuilding1984
Tabler's Station Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict2004
Thunder Hill FarmInwoodBuilding1994
Tomahawk SpringTomahawkBuilding1994
Turner, Priscilla Strode, HouseBeddingtonBuilding2002
Tuscarora Creek Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict1980
Union Bryarly's MillDarkesvilleDistrict1980
Van Metre Ford Stone BridgeMartinsburgStructure1977
VanDoren, Jacob, HouseMartinsburgBuilding1984
VanMetre, John, HouseKearneysvilleBuilding2004
VanMetre, Nathan, HouseMartinsburgBuilding1994
Vanmetre, Thomas, HouseMartinsburgBuilding2009
Watkins Ferry Toll HouseMartinsburgBuilding1980
West Martinsburg Historic DistrictMartinsburgDistrict2010
White BushFalling WatersBuilding1980
Wilson, Mary Park, HouseGerrardstownBuilding1985
Wilson, William, HouseGerrardstownBuilding1984

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Berkeley was formed in 1772 (1772-05-15) from Frederick.

BERKELEY created by Virginia from FREDERICK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Berkeley County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

122k66k11k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
19,71322,00611,21110,97212,52517,38019,46924,55429,01630,35933,79146,77575,905122,076

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical ParkPark unit16.3 km
Antietam National BattlefieldPark unit25.9 km
Harpers Ferry National Historical ParkPark unit29.0 km
Appalachian National Scenic TrailNational Scenic Trail29.8 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

54 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 54 of 54 listed
NameLatLon
Allensville Cemetery39.57925-77.98861
Arden United Methodist Church Cemetery39.41911-78.04031
Beth Haven Baptist Church Cemetery39.42794-77.89836
Beth Jacob Cemetery39.45815-77.94055
Buck Hill Cemetery39.41446-78.11137
Butler Chapel Cemetery39.50676-78.01666
Calvary Cemetery39.49092-78.0925
Cedar Grove Cemetery39.34748-77.98862
Central Chapel Cemetery39.41509-78.1475
Darkesville Cemetery39.3784-78.01936
Douglas Grove Cemetery39.41815-77.95472
Falling Waters Cemetery39.55787-77.95277
Ganotown Cemetery39.40565-78.14972
German Lutheran Reformed Cemetery39.45644-77.96809
Gerrardstown Cemetery39.36931-78.0998
Green Hill Cemetery39.45398-77.95555
Harmony Cemetery39.58741-77.88114
Hedges Chapel Methodist Cemetery39.55759-78.09167
Hedgesville Cemetery39.55356-77.9926
Jacob Snider Cemetery39.4886-78.06166
James M Van Metre Cemetery39.39646-77.91916
Johnsontown Church of the Brethren Cemetery39.5797-78.03618
Jones Springs Cemetery39.49057-78.09659
Light Cemetery39.51627-77.89714
Little Georgetown Cemetery39.58398-77.95639
Lutheran Cemetery39.37359-78.09724
Morgan Chapel Cemetery39.33416-78.05781
Mount Carmel Cemetery39.39093-78.18889
Mount Hope Cemetery39.46678-77.95249
Mount Pleasant Cemetery39.3337-78.13444
Mount Wesley Cemetery39.48426-77.83666
Mount Zion Cemetery39.38912-77.9236
Mountain Side Tabernacle Cemetery39.4312-78.0675
Mountain View Cemetery39.33204-78.015
Norborne Cemetery39.44648-77.96805
Old Falling Waters Cemetery39.56174-77.8899
Old Norbourne Cemetery39.45251-77.96724
Old Stone Bridge Cemetery39.44537-77.92666
Paynes Chapel Cemetery39.28942-78.05361
Pittman Cemetery39.55759-78.05361
Pitzers Chapel Cemetery39.43033-78.05189
Pleasant View Memory Gardens39.41259-77.91833
Providence Cemetery39.56445-78.0767
Providence Quaker Cemetery39.46509-78.0
Riner Cemetery39.50342-78.09305
Roe Chapel Cemetery39.40731-78.185
Rosedale Cemetery39.46148-77.93999
Saint Josephs Cemetery39.45334-77.96683
Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery39.46231-78.04694
Shanghai Presbyterian Cemetery39.44395-78.1309
Smoketown Cemetery39.45787-77.90583
Tomahawk Cemetery39.53043-78.04355
Trinity Cemetery39.4193-78.0774
Tuscarora Cemetery39.46426-78.00611
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Elk Branch39.50037-78.115
Foltz39.49927-77.86138
Myers39.51037-78.15389
Penry39.48649-78.06083
Tabb39.51399-77.96778

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Hoke'S Run2,24114.8 kmWV002
Smithfield Crossing3,13016.9 kmWV015
Summit Point5,13220.1 kmWV014
Shepherdstown13,82022.3 kmWV016
Antietam7,38926.1 kmMD003
Harpers Ferry7,19127.8 kmWV010
Opequon13,58828.6 kmVA119
Hancock64029.9 kmMD001
Berryville7,01230.2 kmVA118
Winchester Ii17,74830.3 kmVA107
Boonsborough1,93333.3 kmMD006

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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