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

National Register listings: 120

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.