Berkeley County, West Virginia

Founding: 1772
Parent county: Frederick

Namesake: Unclear—either Norborne or William Berkeley, colonial Virginia governors
Seat: Martinsburg (1772–)

Land area: 321 square miles

Population (2020): 122,076

Population (historic): 19,713 (1790); 10,518 (1830); 14,900 (1870); 19,469 (1900); 28,030 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1830–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one town; two CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,578 (7.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 32.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,779
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,475
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,290
Average farm size (1920): 105.8 acres
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Martinsburg

Namesake: Thomas Martin, Virginia politician

Founding: 1770 (platting); 1778 (incorporation); 1792 (post office)

Population (2020): 18,773

Population (historic): 2,190 (1850); 4,863 (1870); 7,226 (1890); 10,698 (1910); 14,857 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1950; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,709 (32.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Kroh Farm (1819). 563 Ankers Road. Federal.
2. Thomas Brown House (c. 1741). 2535 Arden–Nollville Road.
3. Isabella Lyle House (1802). Arden–Nollville Road and Orr Drive. Federal. Razed.
4. Lick Run Farm / Peter Light Farm (c. 1774). 1208 Bedington Road.
5. Myers House (1817). 751 Berkeley Station Road.
6. Samuel Hedges House (c. 1772). 2006 Butler's Chapel Road.
7. White Bush / Archibald Shearer House (c. 1790/1905). 719 Crawford Quarry Road. Federal/Queen Anne.
8. Thomas Swearingen House (c. 1760). 420 Dam Four Road.
9. Mary Wilson House (c. 1825). 94 Destiny Drive.
10. Nathan Van Metre Farm (1872). 626 Dry Run Road.
11. William Wilson Farm (1792). 1120 Gerrardstown Road. Federal.
12. Bunker Hill Mill (c. 1740/1887). 714 Giles Mill Road.
13. Thomas Van Metre Farm (1838). 3093 Golf Course Road.
14. Miller Farm (c. 1813/1831). 4595 Golf Course Road. Greek Revival.
15. Maidstone / William Leigh Farm (1848). 1558 Grade Road. Greek Revival.
16. Allen Hammond House (c. 1838). 2919 Hammond's Mill Road. Federal.
17. Decatur Hedges Farm (1874). 1812 Hedgesville Road.
18. Samuel Cunningham Farm (c. 1820/1840). 2914 Hedgesville Road.
19. William Snodgrass Farm (c. 1742). 6274 Hedgesville Road.
20. Robinson–Tabb House (c. 1818/1840). 377 Holden Drive.
21. Teter French Farm (c. 1860). 222 Little Georgetown Road. Italianate.
22. Ann Bane Farm (1901). 1473 Needy Road. Queen Anne.
23. Kownslar House (c. 1820). 388 Plank Bridge Road. Federal. Razed.
24. Hays–Pitzer House (c. 1775/1800). 570 Poor House Road.
25. Joshua Hedges Farm (c. 1748/1792). 433 North Ridge Road.
26. White Bush / John Boyd House (1839). 121 Runnymeade Road. Greek Revival.
27. Cool Spring Farm / Zackquill Morgan Farm (1761). 2956 Runnymeade Road.
28. Edward Tabb Farm (c. 1810). 695 Rural Hill Lane. Federal.
29. Rees Farm (ca. 1761/1791/1855). 586 Sam Mason Road.
30. John Drinker House Ruins (c. 1815). Sam Mason Road, north of Minders Lane. Razed.
31. Thunder Hill Farm / Robert Daniel Farm (1818/1882). 878 Seaman's Tavern Road.
32. Rush–Miller Farm (c. 1810/1873). 3274 Shepherdstown Road.
33. Mount Zion Baptist Church (1836–1838). 724 Short Road.
34. Swan Pond Farm / Edward Williams Farm (c. 1810). 763 Swan Pond Road. Federal.
35. Ar-Qua Springs / Thomas Thornbrough House (c. 1751). 2083 Tabler Station Road.
36. Frederick Seibert Farm. 7258 Tuscarora Pike. Federal.
37. George Mulliss House (1929). 1956 Winchester Road. Georgian Revival.
38. Jacob Van Doren House (c. 1835). 370 Winebrenner Road. Greek Revival.

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