Berkeley County
From West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia
Berkeley County
Second oldest county in West Virginia. Created in 1772 from the northern third of Frederick County (Virginia), and named for Norborne Berkeley (Baron de Botetourti), Colonial Governor of Virginia from 1768 to 1770. At Bunker Hill, in this county, in 1726, Morgan Morgan founded the first permanent settlement of record in Western Virginia.
As early as 1774, George Washington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_washington) had orchards planted here. The first commercial orchard in West Virginia was said to have a sixteen acre grove of apples, plums and peaches planted by W. S. Miller near Garrardstown. On November 30, 1792, the first post office in present-day West Virginia was established at Martinsburg, WV, in Berkeley County.
County Seat: Martinsburg, WV
Population: 75,905 (2000 Census (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=05000US54001&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US54%7C05000US54001&_street=&_county=Berkeley&_cityTown=&_state=04000US54&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on))
Berkeley County Profile (http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/CNTYPROF/cp99berk.htm)
Lodging: Berkeley County Hotels (http://www.reservetravel.com/v4/redir.aspx?type=geo&rad=15&lbl=Berkeley%20County&lat=39.462988&lon=-77.983926&siteid=7790)
Weather: Berkeley County, WV (http://www.wvwebsites.com/cgi-bin/weather/hamweather.cgi?theme=default&user=default&forecast=zandh&state=wv&zone=052)
Airports: Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (http://www.wvamaps.com/maps/index.php?place=Eastern%20West%20Virginia%20Regional%20Airport&state=WV&lon=-77.9847&lat=39.4017&pop=0&county=Berkeley&elev=557&scale=3)
Schools: Berkeley County Schools (http://boe.berk.k12.wv.us/index1.htm)
Libraries: Martinsburg - Berkeley County Public Library (http://www.youseemore.com/martinsburgberkeley/default.asp)
Cities and Towns
Inwood, WV
Hedgesville, WV
Martinsburg, WV
See Also
Berkeley Riflemen (http://www.wvexp.com/index.php/Berkeley_Riflemen)
Climate
Temperature Mean Annual Average: 53 (Degrees F)
January Averages: High 39 (Degrees F) -- Low 21 (Degrees F)
July Averages: High 87 (Degrees F) -- Low 64 (Degrees F)
Long Term Precipitation
January: 2.35 inches -- July: 3.53 (inches) -- Annual: 37.5 (inches)
Mean Annual Snowfall Range
25 - 35 inches
