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Hampshire County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- December 13, 1754
- Named after
- Hampshire, England
- Seat
- Romney
- Largest city
- Romney
- Total
- 645 sq mi (1,670 km )
- Land
- 640 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Water
- 4.4 sq mi (11 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 24,105
- Density
- 36/sq mi (14/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .hampshirewv .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Hampshire
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Romney
- Population
- 23093
- Area
- 1670
- Shares border with
- Grant County
- Official website
- www.hampshirecounty.wv.gov
- Image
- NewHantsCountyCourthouse.JPG
- Households
- 9165
Show 9 more facts
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Hampshire County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hampshire County, West Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Hampshire County, West Virginia
- different from
- Hampshire County
- Commons category
- Hampshire County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1754-05-01
- per capita income
- 25409
- P12749
- Alex Müller
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hampshire County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.