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2 Photos - 1 of landmark titled Washington Place, 2nd of white house with red roof

Romney, West Virginia is located in Hampshire County, about thirty miles south of Cumberland, Maryland. As noted on the sign rewritten below, it was the home of William Washington, who became the first black land developer in West Virginia. The State of West Virginia was established in 1863 after representatives from the 40 western counties which had opposed secession separated from Virginia which had seceded from the Union in 1861.

Washington Place