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Berkley County

Berkeley County, located in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, traces its European settlement back to 1726 when Col. Morgan Morgan established a home along Mill Creek near present‑day Bunker Hill, a site often recognized as the first permanent European settlement in what is now West Virginia . The county itself was officially formed in 1772 from the northern portion of Frederick County, Virginia, during a period of rapid frontier expansion and community development RootsWeb. Named for the influential Berkeley family, early colonial landowners, the region played meaningful roles in major American conflicts including the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War, reflecting its strategic location along key transportation and military routes . Its landscape—shaped by waterways like Back Creek and Opequon Creek and bordered by the Potomac River—supported agricultural growth and later industrial development, helping Martinsburg emerge as the county seat and largest city 

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