SECTION 9 - COUNTIES
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BERKELEY
Second oldest county in West Virginia. Created
in 1772 from the northern third of Frederick
County (Virginia) and named for Norborne
Berkeley (Baron de Botetourt), colonial governor
of Virginia from 1768 to 1770.
At Bunker Hill, in this county, in 1726, Morgan
Morgan founded the first permanent settlement of
record in western Virginia. In commemoration of
this event, the State of West Virginia has erected
a monument in Bunker Hill State Park and has
placed a marker at the grave of Morgan Morgan,
which is in a cemetery near the park.
e first Episcopal Church (Christ Church) in
what is now West Virginia was erected at Bunker
Hill by Morgan Morgan in 1740. ree years later
(about 1743), the first Baptist church (Mill Creek
Church) was organized at Gerrardstown.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products:
cement and road materials; General Motors;
DuPont; W. Va. Air National Guard; Guardian
Fiberglass; Variform Vinyl Siding; Quad Graphics;
FedEx; Orgill, Inc.; Ecolab; fruit, vegetables, hay
and grain, dairying, livestock, poultry.
Berkeley County Commission
400 West Stephen Street
Martinsburg, WV 25401
Phone: (304) 264-1923
Fax: (304) 267-5049
www.berkeleycountycomm.org
Municipalities: Hedgesville, Martinsburg.
County Seat: Martinsburg.
Magisterial Districts (6): Adam Stephens,
Norborne, Potomac, Shenandoah, Tuscarora,
Valley.
Tax Districts (8): Arden, Falling Waters,
Gerrardstown, Hedgesville, Hedgesville Town,
Martinsburg, Mill Creek, Opequon.
Voting Precincts: 66.
Area: 324.78 square miles.
Population (2010 Census): 104,169.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
(Post office address Martinsburg,
unless otherwise indicated)
Circuit Court (23rd Judicial Circuit)
Judges: Gray Silver III (D); David H. Sanders,
(D); Christopher C. Wilkes, (R); John C,
Yoder (R). Michael Lorensen.
Terms of Court: ird Tuesday in February,
May, and October.
Circuit Clerk: Virginia M. Sine, (D).
Court Reporters: Marcy Chandler; Tracy Rice;
Claudette Gaujot-Turner; Kate Slayden; Kathy
Cook.
General Receiver: Richard McCune.
Chief Probation Officer: Mark Hofe.
Magistrates: Sandra L. Miller; Joan V. Bragg;
Harry L. Snow; JoAnn B. Overington; James
Humphrey.
Family Court Judges: Sally G. Jackson; David P.
Greenberg; David A. Camiletti.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Assessor: Larry Hess.
Board of Education: Dr. William F. Queen,
president; Richard Pill; Todd M. Beckwith;
Dr. Darin Gilpin; Ron Gray. Patrick Murphy.
County Clerk: John W. Small, Jr., (R).
County Commission: President Douglas E.
Copenhaver, Jr., (R); Vice President James
P. Whitacre, (R); Elaine C. Mauck, (R). James
Barnhart; Dan Dulyea.
Prosecuting Attorney: Pamela Games-Neely, (R).
Chief Deputy Prosecutor: Christopher
Quasebarth.
Assistant Prosecutors: Caitlin Bailey, Joseph
Kinser, Erin Swisshelm, Gregory Jones;
Christine Riley; Timothy Helman; Cheryl
Saville; Gregory Garrettson; Stephanie
Saunders; Carmela Cesare.
Sheriff: Kenneth M. Lemaster, Jr., (D).
County Surveyor: Paul Lewis Flick.
Fiduciary Commissioners: Susan Snowden;
David DeJarnett; William T. Rice; Dr. Frank
Hill, III.
County Superintendent of Schools: Manuel P.
Arvon II.
County Administrator: Alan Davis.
Emergency Services Director: Stephen Allen.
Emergency Services Chief Assistant: Edward
Gochenour.
City Manager: Mark Baldwin.
Extension Agent: Mary Beth Bennett.
Parks and Recreation Director: Stephen Catlett.
4-H Club Agent: Douglas Hovatter.
Community Educational Outreach Service
President: Ann Koncer.
Berkeley County Farm Bureau President: Matt
Ware.
Board of Health: Teresa McCabe, Mary Jane
Rinard; Robert L. Burkhart; George Karso;
Rudy Lee Foltz; Dr. Jerry Fogle.
Health Director: Dr. Diana Gaviria.
Head Nurse: Vickie Greenfield.