Romney, West Virginia

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Romney, West Virginia is a small historic town in Hampshire County known as the oldest town in the state and situated in the scenic Potomac Highlands region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode 304 ⓘ
681 ⓘ
charterGrantedBy Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
charterYear 1762 ⓘ
climateType humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Hampshire County, West Virginia ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 820 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode 54-69452 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1555500 ⓘ
governingBody Romney City Council ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity education services ⓘ
local government services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind ⓘ
hasHistoricBuilding Davis History House ⓘ
Hampshire County Courthouse ⓘ
Literary Hall ⓘ
Taggart Hall ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Romney Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance American Civil War ⓘ
hasPrimaryHighway U.S. Route 50 ⓘ
West Virginia Route 28 ⓘ
hasTouristActivity heritage tourism ⓘ
scenic train excursions ⓘ
historicDistrictListedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Hampshire County, West Virginia ⓘ
isKnownFor being the oldest town in West Virginia ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
scenic mountain surroundings ⓘ
isOldestTownIn West Virginia ⓘ
isPartOf Appalachian region ⓘ
linked to: Appalachia
locatedInRegion Potomac Highlands ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedInValley South Branch Potomac River Valley ⓘ
locatedOnRiver South Branch Potomac River ⓘ
namedAfter Romney, Kent, England ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches ⓘ
South Branch Valley Railroad ⓘ
originalName Pearl’s Town ⓘ
postalCode 26757 ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
wasOccupiedBy Confederate forces ⓘ
Union forces ⓘ

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South Branch Potomac River → passesNear → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Hampshire County, West Virginia → countySeat → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Hampshire County, West Virginia → largestCity → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Hampshire County, West Virginia → containsTown → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Capon Bridge, West Virginia → locatedEastOf → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Charley Lau → placeOfBirth → Romney, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Romney, West Virginia
Slanesville, West Virginia → locatedNear → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Augusta, West Virginia → locatedNear → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Frenchburg, West Virginia → hasCountySeat → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Millbrook, West Virginia → hasCountySeat → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Pearl’s Town → earlyNameOf → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Pearl’s Town → predecessorOf → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Pearl’s Town → hasCurrentName → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Romney Historic District → locatedIn → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Hampshire County Courthouse → locatedIn → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Literary Hall → locatedIn → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Literary Hall → category → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Davis History House → location → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches → nearestCity → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Romney City Council → governs → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Romney City Council → locatedIn → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Romney City Council → partOf → Government of Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Romney, West Virginia
Romney City Council → hasSeatOfGovernment → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
Taggart Hall → locatedIn → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
South Branch Valley Railroad → passesNear → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia → connects → Romney, West Virginia ⓘ