Berkeley, West Virginia
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Berkeley is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County
, West Virginia
. The community began as Berkeley Station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
line, but its name has since been shortened to Berkeley as it has become more of a bedroom community.
Berkeley County, West Virginia
Berkeley County is a county located in the Eastern Panhandle region of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population is 104,169, making it the second-most populous county in West Virginia, behind Kanawha...
, West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
. The community began as Berkeley Station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which...
line, but its name has since been shortened to Berkeley as it has become more of a bedroom community.