Berkeley County | |
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![]() Location of Berkeley County in West Virginia | |
![]() West Virginia's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 39°28′N 78°02′W / 39.47°N 78.03°W | |
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State | ![]() |
Founded | May 15, 1772 |
Seat | Martinsburg |
and largest city | |
Government | |
• Commission President | Jim Whitacre (R)[1][2] |
• County Commission | James Barnhart H.D. Boyd (R)[3] Steve Catlett (R)[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 832.8 km2 (321.56 sq mi) |
• Land | 831.8 km2 (321.15 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.1 km2 (0.41 sq mi) 0.5% |
• Rank | 40th |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 122,076 |
• Estimate (2021) | 126,069 ![]() |
• Rank | 2nd |
• Density | 146.77/km2 (380.12/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 304, 681 |
Congressional district | 2nd |
Senate districts | 15th, 16th |
House of Delegates districts | 90th-97th |
Website | http://www.berkeleywv.org/ |
Berkeley County is located in the Shenandoah Valley in the eastern panhandle region of West Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Hagerstown–Martinsburg metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 122,076,[5] making it the second-most populous of West Virginia's 55 counties, behind Kanawha County. The City of Martinsburg is the county seat.