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Romney WV679

Picture Courtesy of Joseph K. Landis

Incorporated as a town, 1762. Owned and laid off as a town by Lord Fairfax. Named for one of the five English Channel ports. Not far away was Fort Pearsall, built, 1756, as Indian defense. Town changed military control 56 times, 1861-1865.

Romney, courthouse square, WV 28 & US 50 Hampshire County West Virginia


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