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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].
| 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 |
[edit] Notable residents
- George M. Bowers, was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives.
- Dr. Joseph A. De Soto, Noted physician, cancer researcher and scientist.
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