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Berkeley Springs (W. Va.)

LC control no.n 80051018
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingBerkeley Springs (W. Va.)
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Geographic subdivision usageWest Virginia--Berkeley Springs
Variant(s)Bath (W. Va.)
Town of Bath (W. Va.)
Town of Bath (Berkeley Springs) (W. Va.)
Bath (Berkeley Springs) (W. Va.)
Berkeley (W. Va.)
Warm Springs (W. Va.)
Beginning date1776
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedWest Virginia
Special noteOld catalog heading: Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
Found inNewbraugh, F.T. Warm Springs echoes, 1967-
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 39°37ʹ37ʺN 078°13ʹ38ʺW)
Wikipedia, November 11, 2019 (Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; town in, and the county seat of, Morgan County, West Virginia; while the area was part of Virginia (prior to 1861), the town was incorporated as Bath. Since 1802, it has been referred to by the name of its original Virginia post office, Berkeley Springs; Bath became known permanently to the world as Berkeley Springs in 1802 when the Virginia postal system was established in the new nation and there already was a Bath, Virginia, in Bath County; 39°37ʹ32ʺN 78°13ʹ37ʺW (39.625562, -78.226862))
GNIS, November 11, 2019 (Berkeley Springs, populated place, established 1776, incorporated as the Town of Bath, variants: Bath, Berkeley, Warm Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia, county seat; also lists: Town of Bath (Berkeley Springs), civil, incorporated in 1776, populated place known locally as Berkeley Springs, county seat of Morgan County, variant name: Town of Bath)
Town of Bath website, November 11, 2019: home page (Town of Bath) about the Town (The Town of Bath is a small town located in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia and is the County seat of Morgan County. Known also as its post office name, Berkeley Springs; founded in 1776)
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