Gerrardstown, West Virginia

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Gerrardstown is an unincorporated village located along West Virginia Route 51 in Berkeley County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. It was laid out in 1784 by David Gerrard and served as the site of the first Baptist church west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Gerrardstown was designated as a National Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Many of the village's original buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries remain. According to the 2000 census, the Gerrardstown community has a population of 3,565 [1].

[edit] Sites on the National Register of Historic Places

Site Year Built Address Listed
Campbellton (Captain James Campbell House) circa 1780 CR 37 1980
Cool Spring Farm (Zackquill Morgan House) 1761 Runnymede Road (CR 26) 1994
Gerrardstown Historic District 1700s-1800s WV 51 and Virginia Line Road 1991
Hays-Gerrard House (Gerrard House) 1743 Congress Street 1985
Marshy Dell (McKown, Gilbert and Samuel House) late 1700s WV 51 1984
Mountain View Farm (Washington Gold House) 1854 CR 51/2 1984
Oban Hall (Mary Park Wilson House) 1825 CR 51/2 1985
Prospect Hill (William Wilson House) 1795 WV 51 1984

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