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Morgan County, West Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
18historic places
—earliest paper
1820formed
17,063pop. 2020
34cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 18 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Berkeley Springs, Paw Paw, Stotlers Crossroads.

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 Morgan titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

13 of 18 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

18 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ambrose ChapelStotlers CrossroadsBuilding1998
Berkeley Springs State ParkBerkeley SpringsDistrict1976
Berkeley Springs Train DepotBerkeley SpringsBuilding2001
Dawson, T. H. B., HouseBerkeley SpringsBuilding1983
Great Cacapon BridgeVillage of Great CacaponStructure2025
Hovermale, Clarence, HouseBerkeley SpringsBuilding2003
Largent BridgeLargentStructure2025
Morgan County CourthouseBerkeleyBuilding2005
New Deal Resources in Cacapon State Park Historic DistrictBerkeley SpringsDistrict2019
Nixon, Senator P. E., HousePaw PawBuilding2024
Paw Paw Black SchoolPaw PawBuilding2024
Paw Paw Old Mayor's Office and JailPaw PawBuilding2023
Quick, John Herbert, HouseBerkeley SpringsBuilding1984
Saint Charles Catholic Mission ChurchPaw PawBuilding2024
Sloat-Horn-Rossell HouseBerkeley SpringsBuilding1984
Suit, Samuel Taylor, CottageBerkeley SpringsBuilding1980
Town of Bath Historic DistrictBerkeley SpringsDistrict2009
Wright, Judge John W., CottageBerkeley SpringsBuilding1986

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Morgan was formed in 1820 (1820-02-09) from Berkeley, Hampshire.

MORGAN created by Virginia from BERKELEY and HAMPSHIRE; on 20 June 1863 became a county in the state of West Virginia.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Morgan County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

18k10k2,5001820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,5004,2533,7325,7777,2948,3578,7438,2768,37610,71114,94317,063

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

34 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 34 of 34 listed
NameLatLon
Alpine Cemetery39.68092-78.16139
Ambrose Chapel Cemetery39.52859-78.2311
Bethel Cemetery39.65675-78.07833
Bethel Cemetery39.5562-78.26612
Bevans Cemetery39.54593-78.44885
Camp Hill Cemetery39.52314-78.44695
Cherry Orchard Cemetery39.57313-78.44916
Chestnut Grove Cemetery39.63855-78.09019
Duckwall Cemetery39.5662-78.18389
Dyche Cemetery39.61425-78.40084
Enon Cemetery39.48201-78.37712
Friendship Cemetery39.6335-78.17308
Great Cacapon Cemetery39.61764-78.29722
Greenway Cemetery39.61814-78.22834
Greenwood Cemetery39.44037-78.23528
Highland Cemetery39.53968-78.19863
Highland Ridge Cemetery39.56675-78.18472
Horn Cemetery39.55482-78.41968
Mahnes Cemetery39.66209-78.14817
McIntire Cemetery39.44356-78.30329
Michael Cemetery39.6132-78.20361
Miller Cemetery39.5491-78.26782
Mount Nebo Cemetery39.55902-78.35496
Mount Olivet Cemetery39.51031-78.22333
Mount Pleasant Cemetery39.58406-78.20964
Mount Tabor United Methodist Church Cemetery39.54044-78.26233
Mount Zion Cemetery39.63453-78.14722
Oakland Cemetery39.48426-78.24723
Old Enon Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery39.49796-78.38281
Pleasant Hill Cemetery39.6537-78.07778
Salem Cemetery39.42953-78.28889
Snyders Cemetery39.60487-78.07345
Touhey Cemetery39.44657-78.30499
Union Chapel Cemetery39.49016-78.29668
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Roundtop39.6737-78.23056

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
Hancock64016.7 kmMD001
Hoke'S Run2,24129.4 kmWV002

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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