Pictures of Romney,Hampshire County, West Virginia.Romney is a city in, and the county seat of, Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,940 at the 2000 census, while the area covered by the citys ZIP code had a population of 5,873. It is a city with a very historic background dating back to the 1700s. Originally settled in 1725 by hunters and traders, Romney was known as Pearsalls Flats and was the site of the French and Indian War stockade Fort Pearsall. Romney holds the title of West Virginias oldest town, chartered December 23, 1762. Named for the Cinque Ports city of, Kent, England by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the town still bears place names and symbols from its colonial past such as its Marsham Street, named for Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney. It is also home to the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind and the nations First Confederate Memorial in Indian Mound Cemetery.
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