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Romney is a town in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. [5] The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is part of the Winchester, Virginia metropolitan area .
Hampshire County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,093. [2] Its county seat is Romney, [3] West Virginia's oldest town (1762).
East Main Street (US 50) at North High Street (WV 28) Romney: Hampshire County Courthouse Annex‡ 1934 North High Street (WV 28) Romney: Old Hampshire County Sheriff's Residence and Jail‡ c. 1800 and c. 1850 North High Street (WV 28) Romney: Hampshire House 1884: 1884 165 North Grafton Street Romney: Hatch House: c. 1750 Smokey Hollow Road ...
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]
Winchester, VA–WV MSA is a U.S. metropolitan statistical area (MSA) as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of June 2003. This should not be confused with the City of Winchester, Virginia , the most populous community within this MSA.
Augusta is an unincorporated community in central Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) at the northern terminus of Augusta-Ford Hill Road (County Route 7) between Shanks and Pleasant Dale, east of Romney. According to the 2000 census, the Augusta community has a population ...
Shepherdstown is a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, located in the lower Shenandoah Valley along the Potomac River. Home to Shepherd University, the town's population was 1,531 at the time of the 2020 census. [3] The town was established in 1762 along with Romney; they are the oldest towns in West Virginia.
Shanks is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Shanks community has a population of 806. [2] Shanks is located east of Romney along the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) on the eastern flanks of South Branch Mountain. The community is centered on the ...