1,826
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$32,880
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Romney, WV - History
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Welcome to the Romney Home page. The Romney Home page provides as much information as possible on Romney. Knowing Romney’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Romney’s Home page, you will also find Romney’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Romney has a population of 1826. 45.2% of Romney’s inhabitants are Male, and 54.8 are female. 30.9% of Romney is married and 50.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $126,913, and the average rent is $608. Household median income in Romney is $32,880, and the individual median income is $21,917. Romney’s Ethnic is the following: White(94.2%), Hispanic(6.7%), Multiple(3.3%), Black(2%), Other(0.4%).
Established by consecutive acts of the Virginia House of Burgesses and approved by the governor on December 23, 1762, Romney and Mecklenburg (later renamed Shepherdstown), in Jefferson County, are the oldest towns in West Virginia. The bill containing the Act for establishing the town of Romney, in the county of Hampshire, and for other purposes therein-mentioned, is listed 20th on a list of approved "publick and private bills" and is immediately followed by An Act for establishing the town of Mecklenburg, in the county of Frederick.
Originally settled in 1725 by hunters and traders, Romney was known as Pearsall's Flats and was the site of the French and Indian War stockade Fort Pearsall. Named for the Cinque Ports town of Romney, Kent, England, by Thomas Fairfax, 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 nation's First Confederate Memorial in Indian Mound Cemetery.
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