Berkeley County, West Virginia

administration
Berkeley County Courthouse
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Martinsburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 126 West King Street Martinsburg, WV 25401-0000
Foundation :	February 10, 1772
Made up from:	Frederick County , Virginia
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	104,169 (2010)
Population density :	125.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	833 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.berkeleycountycomm.org

Berkeley County is a county in the state of West Virginia in the United States . The county seat is Martinsburg .

geography

The county is located in the extreme northeast of West Virginia, is bordered on the southwest by Virginia , in the northeast of Maryland and has an area of 833 square kilometers, of which a square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Washington County, Maryland, Jefferson County , Frederick County, Virginia, and Morgan County .

history

Berkeley County was formed on February 10, 1772 from the northern part of Frederick County in Virginia. It was named after Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt , a governor of the Virginia Colony. The county is the second oldest in West Virginia.

In 1669, John Lederer , a German physician and explorer of the Appalachians , received permission from Sir William Berkeley to enter what is now Berkeley County. In 1726 Morgan Morgan moved from Delaware to the area and established the first permanent English settlement on Mill Creek , near what is now Bunker Hill . The Thomas Thornbrough House, built in 1751, is one of the first permanently inhabited settler houses west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. During the American Civil War (1861-1865) the county was of strategic importance as was the district capital Martinsburg, which is at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley , which it controlled. Likewise, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran through the valley, which ensured the supply of Northern troops.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	19,713	-
1800	22.006	11.6%
1810	11,479	-47.8%
1820	11,211	-2.3%
1830	10,518	-6.2%
1840	10,972	4.3%
1850	11,771	7.3%
1860	12,525	6.4%
1870	14,900	19%
1880	17,380	16.6%
1890	18,702	7.6%
1900	19,469	4.1%
1910	21,999	13%
1920	24,554	11.6%
1930	28,030	14.2%
1940	29,016	3.5%
1950	30,359	4.6%
1960	33,791	11.3%
1970	36,356	7.6%
1980	46,846	28.9%
1990	59,253	26.5%
2000	75.905	28.1%
2010	104.169	37.2%
Before 1900 1900-1990 Berkeley County's Age Pyramid

Interstate 81 in West Virginia

After the census in 2000 75 905 people lived in Berkeley County. Of these, 1,216 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 29,569 households and 20,698 families. The population density was 91 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.74 percent white, 4.69 percent African American, 0.25 percent Native American, 0.46 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.56 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.28 percent were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.52 percent of the population.

Of the 29,569 households, 33.4 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 54.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.7 percent were single mothers, 30.0 percent were non-families, 24.2 percent were single households and 8.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 31.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 11.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 96.4 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 38,763 , and the median income for a family is $ 44,302. Males had a median income of $ 32,010 versus $ 23,351 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,982. 8.7 percent of families and 11.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line. These included 14.6 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 10.1 percent of senior citizens aged 65 and over.

Places in Berkeley County

Berkeley County is divided into two parishes, one city and one town . For statistical purposes, the US Census Bureau maintains two census-designated places that are subordinate to the county and are not self-governing. Like the Unincorporated Communities, these are unincorporated areas.

City