Hampshire County (W. Va.)
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- Carrier, A.H. Samuel Haines of Hampshire County, Virginia ..., c1982 (subj.)t.p. (Hampshire County, Virginia [no publ. in LC]) p. 4 (Hampshire Co., Va (now W. Va.))
Wikipedia description:
Hampshire County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,093. Its county seat is Romney, West Virginia's oldest town (1762). The county was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1754, from parts of Frederick and Augusta Counties (Virginia) and is the state's oldest county. The county lies in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands region. Hampshire County is part of the Winchester, VA-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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