Berkeley County, West Virginia

Berkeley County
County
Berkeley County Courthouse Adam Stephen House Hedgesville Historic District Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area
Seal
Location of Berkeley County in West Virginia
West Virginia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 39°28′N 78°02′W / 39.47°N 78.03°W / 39.47; -78.03
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Founded	May 15, 1772
Seat	Martinsburg
and largest city
Government
• Commission President	Jim Whitacre (R)[1][2]
• County Commission	James Barnhart H.D. Boyd (R)[3] Steve Catlett (R)[4]
Area
• Total	832.8 km2 (321.56 sq mi)
• Land	831.8 km2 (321.15 sq mi)
• Water	1.1 km2 (0.41 sq mi)  0.5%
• Rank	40th
Population  (2020)
• Total	122,076
• Estimate  (2021)	126,069
• Rank	2nd
• Density	146.77/km2 (380.12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304, 681
Congressional district	2nd
Senate districts	15th, 16th
House of Delegates districts	90th-97th
Website	http://www.berkeleywv.org/

Berkeley County is located in the Shenandoah Valley in the eastern panhandle region of West Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Hagerstown–Martinsburg metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 122,076,^[5] making it the second-most populous of West Virginia's 55 counties, behind Kanawha County. The City of Martinsburg is the county seat.