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Berkeley County

county in West Virginia, United States of America
AdministrativeArea county_of_west_virginia Q490949
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Summary

Berkeley County is a county of West Virginia[1]. It draws 756 Wikipedia views per month (county of west virginia category, ranking #7 of 55).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: West Virginia[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Martinsburg[5]
  • Shares border with: Jefferson County[6], Washington County[7], Frederick County[8], Clarke County[9], Morgan County[10]
  • Named after: Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt[11]
  • Commons category: Berkeley County, West Virginia[12]
  • Inception: February 10, 1772[13]
  • Coordinate location: 39.47, -78.03[14]
  • Official website: http://www.berkeleycountycomm.org[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Berkeley County, West Virginia[16]
  • Population: 104,169[17], 104,654[18], 105,733[19], 107,136[20], 108,706[21], 111,901[22], 122,076[23]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkeley County, West Virginia[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Berkeley County, West Virginia[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Berkeley County, West Virginia[26]
  • Number of households: 45,702[27]
  • Native label: Berkeley County[28]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110682[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Berkeley County, West Virginia[30]
  • Different from: Berkeley County[31]
  • Area: 833[32]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.1[33]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Berkeley County, West Virginia[34]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Hagerstown metropolitan area[35]
  • Per capita income: 31,415[36]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Berkeley County, West Virginia.tab[37]

Why It Matters

Berkeley County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00152634
    Umls cui → C3811373
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Berkeley County, We
    Taxonomicon id → 1808327
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Berkeley County, West Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pre"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of West Virginia, county of Virginia
    Official website → http://www.berkeleycountycomm.org
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Hagerstown metropolitan area
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Berkeley County, West Virginia
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110682, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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